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Quality Assessment Tool for Quantitative Studies

Thomas BH, Ciliska D, Dobbins M, Micucci S. A process for systematically reviewing the literature: providing the research evidence for public health nursing interventions. Worldviews Evidence Based Nursing. 2004;1(3):176-84. doi: 10.1111/j.1524-475X.2004.04006.x. PMID: 17163895.
Canadian Template available Evaluated/validated

Description

This critical appraisal tool can be used when doing knowledge synthesis. It provides a standardized approach to assessing overall study quality based on eight categories and to developing recommendations for study findings.

Steps for Using Method/Tool

The manual walks users through the tool and provides guidance on how to rate methodological quality for each of the questions in the eight sections of the tool:

  1. Selection bias
  2. Study design
  3. Confounders
  4. Blinding
  5. Data collection methods
  6. Withdrawals and dropouts
  7. Intervention integrity
  8. Analysis

Once all questions have been answered, users rate the overall methodological quality of the research article.

Evaluation

Thomas B.H., Ciliska D., Dobbins M., Micucci S. (2004). A process for systematically reviewing the literature: providing the research evidence for public health nursing interventions. Worldviews Evidence Based Nursing, 1(3), 176-184. doi:10.1111/j.1524-475X.2004.04006.x

Validity

Thomas B.H., Ciliska D., Dobbins M., Micucci S. (2004). A process for systematically reviewing the literature: providing the research evidence for public health nursing interventions. Worldviews Evidence Based Nursing, 1(3), 176-184. doi:10.1111/j.1524-475X.2004.04006.x

Reliability

Thomas B.H., Ciliska D., Dobbins M., Micucci S. (2004). A process for systematically reviewing the literature: providing the research evidence for public health nursing interventions. Worldviews Evidence Based Nursing, 1(3), 176-184. doi:10.1111/j.1524-475X.2004.04006.x

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