Table 5 Quality assessment of the included RCT studies
From: Community-based interventions to increase dairy intake in healthy populations: a systematic review
Author* | Was true randomization used for the assignment of participants to treatment groups? | Was allocation to treatment groups concealed? | Were treatment groups similar at the baseline? | Were participants blind to treatment assignment? | Were those delivering treatment blind to treatment assignments? | Were outcomes assessors blind to treatment assignment? | Were treatment groups treated identically other than the intervention of interest? | Was follow-up complete and if not, were differences between groups in terms of their follow-up adequately analyzed? | Were participants analyzed in the groups to which they were randomized? | Were outcomes measured in the same way for treatment groups? | Were outcomes measured in a reliable way? | Was appropriate statistical analysis used? | Was the trial design appropriate? |
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Kimura, et al. 2013 | Y | Y | Y | N | N | U | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | Y |
Duncanson, et al. 2013 | Y | Y | Y | Y | U | U | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
McCarthy, et al. 2007 | Y | Y | Y | U | Y | Y | Y | Y | U | Y | Y | Y | Y |
Casazza, et al. 2006 | Y | Y | Y | U | U | U | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
DeBar, et al. 2006 | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | U | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | Y |
DeBar, et al. 2009 | Y | Y | Y | U | U | U | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | U |
Dawson, 2006 | N | U | Y | U | U | U | U | Y | U | Y | Y | Y | Y |
Lo et al. 2008 | U | U | Y | U | U | U | U | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
Naghashpour et al. 2014 | Y | Y | Y | U | U | U | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | L |
Olson, et al. 2008 | N | N | Y | U | U | U | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
O’Connell. 2005 | U | U | Y | U | U | U | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
Singhal, et al. 2010 | U | Y | Y | U | U | U | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
Yamaoka, et al. 2011 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | U | Y | Y | Y | Y |
Finnell, et al. 2017 | U | Y | Y | N | U | U | Y | Y | U | Y | Y | Y | Y |
Bernstein, et al. 2002 | Y | Y | Y | N | U | U | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
Ni Mhurchu, et al. 2010 | Y | Y | Y | N | U | U | Y | Y | U | Y | Y | Y | Y |
Foster, et al. 2014 | Y | Y | Y | U | U | U | Y | Y | U | Y | Y | Y | Y |
Hovell, et al. 2009 | Y | Y | Y | U | U | U | Y | Y | U | Y | Y | Y | Y |
Friedman, et al. 2007 | U | U | Y | U | U | U | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
Raby Powers, et al. 2005 | U | U | Y | U | U | U | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |