Table 4 Criteria for good measurement properties & certainty of evidence according to the modified GRADE method

“Applicability”-dimension of LEGEND [77]

CGMP

(?)

GRADE

Low

“Applicability”-dimension of Carr´s evidence-grading scheme [63]

CGMP

(?)

GRADE

Very Low

Bornhöft´s checklist [78]

CGMP

(?)

GRADE

Very Low

Cleggs´s external validity assessment [64]

CGMP

(?)

GRADE

Very Low

Clinical Applicability [66]

CGMP

(?)

GRADE

Very Low

Clinical Relevance Instrument [79, 80]

CGMP

(?)

(-)

GRADE

Moderate

Moderate

Clinical Relevance according to the CCBRG [81]

CGMP

(?)

GRADE

Moderate

Clinical relevance scores [68]

CGMP

(?)

GRADE

Very Low

Estrada´s applicability assessment criteria [82]

CGMP

(?)

GRADE

Very Low

External Validity Assessment Tool (EVAT) [83]

CGMP

(?)

GRADE

Low

“External validity”-dimension of the Downs & Black Checklist [22, 84]

CGMP

(?)

(?)

(±)^a

(?)

(-)

GRADE

Moderate

Very Low

Moderate

Very Low

Very Low

“External validity”-dimension of Foy´s quality checklist [65]

CGMP

(?)

GRADE

Very Low

“External validity”-dimension of Liberati´s quality assessment criteria [69]

CGMP

(?)

GRADE

Very Low

“External validity”-dimension of Sorg´s checklist [71]

CGMP

(?)

GRADE

Very Low

“External validity”-criteria of the USPSTF manual [73, 84]

CGMP

(?)

(+)

GRADE

Very Low

Very Low

Feasibility, Appropriateness, Meaningfulness and Effectiveness (FAME) scale [70]

CGMP

(?)

GRADE

Very Low

Generalizability, Applicability and Predictability (GAP) checklist [76]

CGMP

(?)

GRADE

Very Low

Gartlehner´s tool [86, 87]

CGMP

(?)

(-)

(?)

(+)

GRADE

Very Low

Moderate

Very Low

Very Low

Green & Glasgow´s external validity quality rating criteria [88, 90, 91]

CGMP

(?)

(+)

(-)

GRADE

Very Low

Very Low

Very Low

“Indirecntess”-dimension from the GRADE Handbook [48, 92, 93]

CGMP

(?)

(-)

GRADE

Moderate

Very Low

Loyka´s external validity framework [75]

CGMP

(?)

(?)

GRADE

Very Low

Low

modified “Indirectness” of the Checklist for GRADE [94, 95]

CGMP

(?)

(-)

GRADE

Low

Very Low

External validity checklist of the National Health & Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Handbook [74]

CGMP

(?)

GRADE

Very Low

revised Graphical Appraisal Tool for Epidemiological Studies (GATE) [72]

CGMP

(?)

GRADE

Very Low

Rating of Included Trials on the Efficacy-Effectiveness Spectrum (RITES) [47, 97]

CGMP

(+)

(+)

(+)

GRADE

Moderate

Very Low

Low

“Selection Bias”-dimension (Section A) of EPHPP [98, 99]

CGMP

(?)

(-)

(+)

GRADE

Moderate

Low

Very Low

Section C of the CASP checklist for RCTs [100]

CGMP

(?)

GRADE

Very Low

Whole Systems research considerations´checklist [67]

CGMP

(?)

GRADE

Very Low