Table 3 Assessment of methodological quality of studies using the MacDermid grid

Esliger et al. 2007 [52]

2

1

1

2

0

NA

2

2

2

2

1

2

17

77%

HQ

94

Abel Mark et al. 2008 [24]

2

2

1

1

0

NA

2

2

1

2

2

1

16

73%

MQ

100

Sorti et al. 2008 [10]

2

2

2

2

0

NA

2

1

2

1

0

2

16

73%

MQ

100

Motl et al. 2011 [22]

1

2

2

1

0

NA

2

1

2

1

2

1

15

68%

MQ

94

Webber et al. 2014 [1]

2

2

1

2

0

NA

2

2

2

2

1

2

18

82%

HQ

100

Feito et al. 2015 [25]

2

2

2

2

0

NA

2

1

2

2

2

1

18

82%

HQ

79

Lee et al. 2015 [27]

2

1

1

2

0

NA

2

2

2

2

2

2

18

82%

HQ

100

Hickey et al. 2016 [54]

2

2

1

1

0

NA

2

1

2

1

2

2

16

73%

MQ

94

Riel et al. 2016 [57]

1

2

2

2

0

NA

2

2

2

2

2

1

18

82%

HQ

100

Webber et al. 2016 [16]

2

2

2

2

0

NA

2

2

2

2

2

2

20

91%

HQ

100

Chow et al. 2017 [51]

2

2

1

1

0

NA

2

1

1

2

1

1

14

64%

MQ

80

Feng et al. 2017 [53]

1

2

1

1

0

NA

1

1

1

1

1

1

11

50%

LQ

100

Hochsmann et al. 2018 [26]

2

1

2

1

0

NA

2

2

1

1

1

2

15

68%

MQ

100

Jones et al. 2018 [56]

2

2

2

1

0

NA

2

1

2

1

1

2

16

73%

MQ

81

Imboden et al. 2018 [55]

2

2

1

2

0

NA

1

1

2

1

0

2

14

64%

MQ

81

Hergenroeder et al. 2018 [50]

2

2

1

1

0

NA

2

2

1

2

1

1

15

68%

MQ

100

Kendall et al. 2019 [11]

2

2

1

2

1

NA

2

1

2

2

2

2

19

86%

HQ

75

Höchsmann et al. 2020 [58]

2

1

1

2

0

NA

2

2

2

2

2

2

18

82%

HQ

94

Bezuidenhout et al. 2021 [61]

1

2

1

2

0

NA

1

2

2

2

2

2

17

77%

HQ

84

Taoum et al. 2021 [60]

2

2

1

2

0

NA

2

2

2

1

2

2

18

82%

HQ

84

Karaca et al. 2021 [59]

2

2

1

2

0

NA

2

2

2

2

2

2

19

86%

HQ

94