Table 2

Results of the Assessing the Methodological Quality of Systematic Reviews 2 (AMSTAR 2) quality assessment

ReferenceAMSTAR items
12345678910111213141516Score
Christensen et al 4 YesNoYesYesYesCannot answerNoYesYesYesYesYesYesYesNoYes75% moderate
Conger et al 5 YesNoYesYesCannot answerCannot answerNoYesNoNoYesNot applicableNot applicableYesYesYes50% moderate
Doherty and Smith6 YesNoYesYesCannot answerCannot answerNoYesNoNoYesNot applicableNot applicableYesYesNo44% moderate
Gonçalves Ribeiro et al 8 YesNoYesNoYesYesNoYesYesNoYesYesYesYesNoNo63% moderate
Grgic9 YesNoYesYesNoNoNoYesYesNoYesYesYesYesYesYes69% moderate
Grgic and Pickering10 YesNoYesYesYesNoNoYesYesNoYesYesYesYesYesYes75% moderate
Grgic et al 11 YesNoYesYesYesYesNoYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes88% high
Polito et al 12 YesNoYesYesYesYesNoYesYesNoYesYesYesYesYesYes81% high
Shen et al 13 YesNoYesYesYesYesNoYesYesNoYesYesYesYesYesYes81% high
Southward et al 14 YesNoYesYesCannot answerCannot answerNoYesYesNoYesYesYesYesYesYes69% moderate
Warren et al 15 YesNoYesYesCannot answerCannot answerNoYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes75% moderate