Table 3 Methodological assessment of cohort study
From: The role for osmotic agents in children with acute encephalopathies: a systematic review
Study | Yildizdas 2006 [32] |
|---|---|
Is sample representative of patients in the populations as a whole? | Y |
Are the patients at a similar point in the course of their condition/illness? | Y |
Has bias been minimized in relation to selection of cases and of controls? | U |
Are confounding factors identified and strategies to deal with them stated? | N |
Are outcomes assessed using objective criteria? | Y |
Was follow up carried out over a sufficient time period? | Y |
Were the outcomes of people who withdrew described and included in the analysis? | Y |
Were outcomes measured in a reliable way? | Y |
Was appropriate statistical analysis used? | Y |