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Table 3 Characteristics of included quality appraisal tools (QATs)

From: Evidence-based decision-making in infectious diseases epidemiology, prevention and control: matching research questions to study designs and quality appraisal tools

QAT (Reference)

No. of questions or items

Checklist (C) or scale (S)?

Summary score? (yes/no)

Validation? (yes/no)

Van der Worp [37]

9

C

No

No

NICE [47]

20

C

No

No

SIGN [39]

10

C

No

yes

Cho [30]

24

C

yes

Yes

Hoy [45]

10

C

No

Yes

Al-Jader [33]

9

S

Yes

Yes

SIGN [40]

16

C

No

Yes

NOS [44]

8

S

No

Yes

EPOC [50]

7

C

No

No

SIGN [41]

13

C

No

Yes

NICE [46]

27

C

No

No

Cochrane [35]

6

C

No

Yes

SIGN [42]

28

C

No

Yes

Loney [32]

8

S

Yes

Yes

Downs [31]

27

S

Yes

Yes

EPHPP [38]

20

C

Yes

Yes

CASP [36]

10

C

No

No

NICE [48]

15

C

No

No

SIGN [43]

20

C

No

Yes

NICE [49]

19

C

No

No

QHES [34]

16

S

Yes

Yes