Inconsistency in the items included in tools used in general health research and physical therapy to evaluate the methodological quality of randomized controlled trials: a descriptive analysis

Table 2 Summary of the quality of measurement properties of quality tools from our previous systematic review and this update

Scale	Internal consistency	Face validity	Content validity	Criterion Validity*	Construct validity	Reproducibility (agreement/reliability)
TOOLS FOR PT
Jadad Tool [37]	-	+	+	+	+	+
Maastricht Tool [38]	-	+	-	+	-	+
Delphi Tool [39]	-	+	+	+	-	+
PEDro Tool [40, 41]	-	+	+	-	-	+
Maastricht-Amsterdam Tool [42]	-	+	+	-	-	+
Van Tulder Tool [43]	-	+	+	+	-	+
Bizzini tool [44]	-	+	+	-	-	+
TOOLS FOR GENERAL HEALTH RESEARCH
Tools from previous systematic review
Chalmers tool [45]	-	+	+	+	-	+
Reisch Tool [46]	-	+	-	+	-	-
Andrew tool [47]	-	+	-	-	-	+
Imperiale tool [48]	-	+	-	+	-	-
Detsky tool [49]	-	+	-	+	-	+
Cho Tool [50]	-	+	-	+	-	+
Balas tool [51]	-	+	-	-	-	-
Sindhu tool [52]	-	+	+	+	-	+
Downs and Black tool [53]	+	+	+	+	-	+
Nguyen tool [54]	-	+	-	-	-	-
Oxford pain validity tool [55]	-	+	-	-	-	-
Arrive tool [56]	-	+	-	-	-	+
CONSORT tool [57]	-	+	+	-	-	+
Yates Tool [58]	-	+	+	-	+	+
New tools identified in search update
Cochrane Collaboration Depression, Anxiety, and Neurosis (CCDAN) [34, 35]	+	+	+	-	+	+
The Randomized Controlled Trial Psychotherapy Quality Rating Tool (RCT-PQRS Tool) [32, 33]	+	+	+	-	+	+
RCT-Natural Products Tool (RCT-NP) [31]	-	+	+	+	-	-
CLEAR NPT (Checklist to evaluate a report of a nonpharmacological trial [36]	-	+	+	-	-	-
Risk of Bias Tool (RoB) [4, 10]	-	+	+	+	+	+

+Quality of measurements properties were based on guidelines established by Terwee et al. [13].
(+): criterion accomplished.
(−): Criterion not accomplished.
* In all cases, criterion validity was established with “no gold standard tools”.
PT physical therapy, RCT randomized controlled trial.

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