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Table 1 Quality assessment summary

From: Behavioural interventions for people living with adult-onset primary dystonia: a systematic review

 

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5

6

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Bell and Thompson [18]

Moderate

High

High

Moderate

Moderate

Unclear

Low

Bell et al. 21]

Moderate

High

High

Moderate

Moderate

Unclear

High

Bell et al. [22]

Low

High

High

Moderate

Low

Unclear

High

Boyce et al. [23]

High

High

Moderate

Low

Moderate

Moderate

High

Cottraux et al. [25]

High

High

High

High

High

Unclear

Low

Faircloth and Reid [24]

Unclear

High

High

Moderate

Moderate

Unclear

Low

Greenberg [26]

Unclear

High

High

Moderate

Moderate

Unclear

Low

Sharpe [28]

Unclear

High

High

Unclear

High

Moderate

Unclear

Wieck et al. [27]

High

Moderate

Moderate

Moderate

Moderate

Unclear

Moderate

  1. 1. Diagnostic process-How well was the diagnostic process described?
  2. 2. Sample size-Is this defined?
  3. 3. Control group-Is a control group included and if so how well is it defined?
  4. 4. Physiological/psychological measure-To what extent are validated outcome measures described/used?
  5. 5. Description of intervention-How clear is the description of the intervention?
  6. 6. Medication-How well are the medications described?
  7. 7. Statistics-How appropriate is the statistical approach?
  8. Low low risk of bias; moderate moderate risk of bias, high high risk of bias, unclear unclear risk of bias
  9. Adapted from Hertenstein et al. [17]. See also web Appendix