| Study Question |
Clearly specified and appropriate |
| Search Strategy |
Sufficiently comprehensive and rigorous with attention
to possible publication biases |
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Search restrictions justified (e.g., language or country of origin) |
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Documentation of search terms and databases used provided |
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Sufficiently detailed to reproduce study |
| Inclusion and Exclusion Criteria |
Selection methods specified and appropriate, with a priori
criteria specified if possible |
| Interventions |
Intervention(s) clearly detailed for all study groups |
| Outcomes |
All potentially important harms and benefits considered:
symptoms, functioning, service use, satisfaction |
| Data Extraction2 |
Process is rigorous and consistent |
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Number and types of reviewers is described |
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Blinding of reviewers |
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Measure of agreement or reproducibility are provided |
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Extraction of clearly defined interventions/exposures and outcomes
for all relevant subjects and subgroups |
| Study Quality and Validity |
Assessment method specified and appropriate |
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Method of incorporation specified and appropriate |
| Data Synthesis and Analysis |
Appropriate use of qualitative or quantitative synthesis,
with consideration of the robustness of results and heterogeneity issues
as a function of subject and study characteristics |
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Presentation of key primary study elements sufficient for critical
appraisal and replication |
| Results |
Quantitative summary statistics and measures of precision,
as appropriate |
| Discussion |
Conclusions supported by results with possible biases and limitations
taken into consideration |
| Funding or Sponsorship |
Type, sources of support for included studies and review
detailed |
