| Publication |
Cohort
(a) |
With control group
(b) |
Pre/post intervention
(c) |
Random assignment
(d) |
Random selection
for assessment
(e) |
Sample size >100
(f) |
Follow-up
≥80%
(g) |
Comparable socio-demographics between study groups
(h) |
Comparable outcome measures
at baseline
(i) |
Total |
| Kelly et al. [32] |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
8 |
| Kalichman et al.[37] |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
8 |
| Margolin et al. [23] |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
7 |
| Sorensen et al. [38] |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
8 |
| Purcell et al. [39] |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
9 |
| Gilbert et al. [24] |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
9 |
| Williams et al. [40] |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
9 |
| Coleman et al. [41] |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
8 |
| Rose et al. [8] |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
9 |
| Teti et al. [22] |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
8 |
| Wolitski et al. [9] |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
9 |
| Kalichman et al. [20] |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
9 |
* One point score for meeting each of the following items: (a) was a prospective cohort, (b) used a comparison arm, (c) collected pre and post intervention data, (d) used
random assignment of participants to study arms , (e) did random sampling for assessments, (f) sample size > 100,(g) follow-up rate ≥ 80%, (h) had a comparison group
with comparable socio-demographics such as age, education, race, employment, income, marital status and others [score “1” if > 50% variables were comparable between
study arms, and ‘0’ if not], and (i) had a comparison arm with comparable outcome measures at baseline between study arms. |
