Table 6 Quality assessment of the included quasi-experimental studies
From: Community-based interventions to increase dairy intake in healthy populations: a systematic review
Author* | Is it clear in the study what is the “cause” and what is the “effect” | Were the participants included in any comparisons similar | Were the participants included in any comparisons receiving similar treatment/care, other than the exposure or intervention of interest? | Was there a control group? | Were there multiple measurements of the outcome both pre and post the intervention/exposure? | Was follow-up complete and if not, were differences between groups in terms of their follow up adequately described and analyzed? | Were the outcomes of participants included in any comparisons measured in the same way? | Were outcomes measured in a reliable way? | Was appropriate statistical analysis used? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Yeudall, et al. 2005 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | U | Y | Y | Y |
Gates, et al. (1) 2013 | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | U | Y |
Gates, et al. (2) 2013 | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | U |
Watson, et al. 2009 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
Wordell, et al. 2012 | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | Y |
Freedman and Nickell 2010 | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |