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Table 2 Methodological quality assessment of the included studies (JBI)

From: Does Chinese calligraphy therapy reduce neuropsychiatric symptoms: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Study

Study design

Score criteria

 

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Total

Luo 2000

CCS

0

0

0

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

7

Cui 2003

CCS

0

0

0

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

7

Zhou B 2005

CS

0

0

0

1

0

1

1

1

1

1

6

Zhou GQ 2005

CCS

0

0

0

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

7

Dong 2006

RCT

1

1

1

0

1

1

1

1

1

1

9

Zhao 2006

RCT

1

1

0

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

9

Guo 2007

RCT

1

1

0

0

1

1

1

1

1

1

8

Zeng 2007

RCT

1

1

0

0

1

1

1

1

1

1

8

Zheng 2008

RCT

1

1

0

0

1

1

1

1

1

1

8

Li 2010

RCT

1

1

0

0

1

1

1

1

1

1

8

Yang 2010

RCT

1

1

0

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

9

Zhou 2010

RCT

1

1

0

0

1

1

1

1

1

1

8

Kwok 2011

RCT

1

0

0

0

1

1

1

1

1

1

6

Tian 2012

RCT

1

1

0

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

9

Zhang 2012

CCS

1

0

0

0

1

1

1

1

1

1

7

Dong 2013

RCT

1

1

1

0

1

1

1

1

1

1

9

Xu 2013

CCS

0

0

0

0

1

1

1

1

1

1

6

Zhou 2013

CS

0

0

0

1

0

1

1

1

1

1

6

Zhu 2014

RCT

1

1

0

0

1

1

1

1

1

1

8

Tai 2016

CCS

0

0

0

0

1

1

1

1

1

1

6

Chan 2016

RCT

1

1

0

0

1

1

1

1

1

1

8

  1. Abbreviations: JBI Joanna Briggs Institute, RCT randomized controlled trial, CCS controlled clinical study, CS cohort study
  2. Score criteria: 1. Was the assignment to treatment groups truly random? 2. Were participants blinded to treatment allocation? 3. Was allocation to treatment groups concealed from the allocator? 4. Were the outcomes of people who withdrew described and included in the analysis? 5. Were those assessing the outcomes blind to the treatment allocation? 6. Were control and treatment groups comparable at entry? 7. Were groups treated identically other than for the named interventions? 8. Were outcomes measured in the same way for all groups? 9. Were outcomes measured in a reliable way? 10. Was appropriate statistical analysis used?
  3. Score descriptions: yes = 1, no = 0, unclear = 0, not applicable = 0