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Table 3 Methodological quality of cross-sectional studies

From: The association between attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder and internet addiction: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Study

Representative-ness of the sample

Sample size

Non-respondents

Ascertainment of the exposure

Comparability

Assessment of the outcome

Statistical test

Cheng, 2014

-

*

-

**

--

*

*

Cho, 2008

*

*

-

**

--

*

*

Dalbudak, 2014

*

*

-

**

--

*

*

Dalbudak, 2015

*

*

-

**

--

*

*

Hyun, 2015

-

*

*

**

--

*

*

Jelenchick, 2014

-

*

-

**

--

*

*

Ko, 2008

-

*

-

**

--

*

*

Metin, 2015

-

*

-

**

--

*

*

Sofia, 2016

-

*

-

**

--

*

*

Yen, 2007

*

*

*

**

--

*

*

Yen, 2009

*

*

-

**

--

*

*

Yen, 2016

-

*

-

**

--

*

*

Yoo, 2004

-

*

-

**

--

*

*

  1. A study could be awarded a maximum of one star for each item except for the item Comparability