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Table 6 Appraisal of study quality

From: Congenital heart disease diagnosed with echocardiogram in newborns with asymptomatic cardiac murmurs: a systematic review

Observational cohort studies (assessed with NIH tool)a

 

Q1

Q2

Q3

Q4

Q5

Q6

Q7

Q8

Q9

Q10

Q11

Q12

Q13

Q14

Scoreb

Ainsworth et al. [28]

2

2

2

2

1

2

2

0

0

0

2

0

2

1

18/28

Rein et al. [29]

2

2

2

2

1

2

2

0

0

2

0

0

2

1

18/28

Gokmen et al. [25]

2

0

2

2

1

2

2

2

2

2

0

2

2

1

22/28

Singh et al. [32]

2

2

2

2

1

2

2

2

2

2

0

1

2

1

23/28

Al-Ammouri et al. [33]

2

2

2

2

1

2

2

0

0

0

2

1

2

1

19/28

Minocha et al. [26]

2

2

2

2

1

2

2

2

2

1

2

1

2

1

24/28

Cross-sectional studies (assessed with NIH tool)

 Azhar et al. [24]

2

2

2

2

1

2

2

2

2

2

0

2

2

1

24/28

 Mackie et al. [30]

2

2

2

2

1

2

2

2

2

0

2

2

2

1

24/28

 Mirzarahimi et al. [31]

2

2

2

0

1

2

2

0

0

0

0

1

2

1

15/28

 Fenster et al. [34]

2

2

2

2

1

2

2

1

2

1

2

1

2

1

23/28

Case reports (assessed with NIH tool)

 

Q1

Q2

Q3

Q4

Q5

Q6

Q7

Q8

Q9

Score

 

Ceresnak et al. [35]

2

2

2

0

2

2

2

1

2

15/18

 

Paech et al. [36]

2

2

2

0

2

2

2

1

2

15/18

 
  1. aTwo assessors rated each study. In the instance of a dispute, a third assessor was involved and a consensus was reached by majority
  2. bScoring system: 2 = yes; 1 = unclear or not applicable; 0 = no.
  3. Abbreviations: NIH, National Institutes of Health
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