From: A systematic review of the content of critical appraisal tools
Research design focus of critical appraisal tools | Critical appraisal tools with summary scores | ||
---|---|---|---|
Secondary studies | Systematic reviews/meta-analyses [2-5,15-36,116] | All study designs [1,18,41,96-102,116] | Summary score [18,41,96,97,116] |
Primary studies | Experimental studies [2-4,19,25-27,34,37-73] | Â | No summary score [1,98-102] |
 | Diagnostic studies [19,74-79] | Experimental studies | Summary score [19,37-59] |
 | Observational studies [2,3,7,19,25,66,72,80-86] |  | No summary score [2-4,25,27,28,34,60-73] |
 | Qualitative studies [9,26,66,87-90] | Diagnostic studies | Summary score [16,74-77] |
 | Experimental & Observational studies [9,91-102] |  | No summary score [78,79] |
 |  | Qualitative studies | Summary score [87] |
 |  |  | No summary score [9,26,66,88-90] |
 |  | Experimental and observational studies | Summary score [91-93] |
 |  |  | No summary score [9,94,95] |