Table 1 Quality assessment results for relevant quantitative studies (n = 21)
From: Communication about environmental health risks: A systematic review
Author/ Date | Selection Bias | Study Design | Confounders | Blinding | Data Collection Methods | Withdrawal/ Dropouts | GLOBAL RATING |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Angulo et al. [21] | W | W | W | W | W | N/A | W |
Atlas [26] | M | W | W | W | W | M | W |
Blendon et al. [30] | W | W | W | W | W | N/A | W |
Bord & O'Connor [22] | W | S | W | W | W | W | W |
Burger et al. [23] | S | M | W | W | W | W | W |
Burger & Waishwell [24] | S | W | W | W | W | N/A | W |
Burnside et al. [31] | W | W | W | W | W | N/A | w |
Connelly & Knuth [25] | W | W | W | W | W | N/A | W |
Fox et al. [36] | M | W | W | W | W | N/A | W |
Freimuth & Van Nevel (1993) [27] | M | M | W | W | W | W | W |
Gutteling [13] | W | S | M | W | W | N/A | W |
Johnson et al. [29] | M | S | W | W | W | W | W |
Major [32] | M | M | W | W | W | N/A | W |
Mileti & O'Brien [33] | W | W | M | W | W | W | W |
Mulilis & Lippa [34] | W | S | W | W | W | W | W |
Natter & Berry [18] | S | S | W | W | W | S | W |
Predy et al. [17] | M | W | W | W | W | N/A | W |
Rich & Conn [35] | W | S | M | W | W | W | W |
Staats et al. [15] | W | M | W | W | S | M | W |
Terpstra et al. [14] | W | M | W | W | W | W | W |
Van Eijnd-hoven et al. [16] | M | W | W | W | W | W | W |