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 |