Table 2: CASP Quality Scores of Quantitative Articles.
CASP criteria Sundquist et al. (2016) Elewa et al. (2016) El Seesy et al. (2016) Beighzadeh et al. (2016) Motamed-Jahromi et al. (2015) Kolawole (ND) Abbaszadeh et al. (2013) Josse-Eklund et al. (2014) Motamed-Jahromi et al (2012) Bu and Wu (2007)
Clear Aim 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2
Appr Methodology 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Appr Research design 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2
Sample Recruitment Strategy 1 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Appr data collection 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Research relationships considered 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Ethical Issues 2 1 1 1 2 0 1 2 1 2
Rigorous Analysis 2 1 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2
Clear findings 2 1 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2
Value of the research 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2
Total Score 18 16 18 17 17 14 16 18 17 19