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Table 4 QualSyst scores of studies included in the review

From: Decision aids on breast conserving surgery for early stage breast cancer patients: a systematic review

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1. Question sufficiently described

2. Design evident and appropriate

3. Subject selection method

4. Subject characteristics described

5. If randomized, was procedure reported

6. If blinded to investigators, was it reported

7. If blinded to subjects, was it reported

8. Outcome well defined and robust to measurement/misclassification bias

9. Sample size appropriate

10. Analysis described and appropriate

11. Some estimate of variance reported

12. Controlled for confounding

13. Results reported in sufficient detail

14. Results support conclusions

Total

[11]

2

2

1

2

2

2

0

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

0.89

[14]

1

2

1

1

2

0

0

1

2

2

0

1

2

1

0.57

[15]

1

2

2

1

2

0

0

2

2

2

2

1

2

2

0.75

[16]

2

2

2

2

1

0

0

2

1

1

0

0

2

2

0.61

[17]

2

1

2

1

N/A

N/A

N/A

1

2

2

2

1

2

2

0.82

[18]

2

1

2

2

N/A

N/A

N/A

1

2

2

2

1

2

2

0.86

[19]

2

1

2

1

N/A

N/A

N/A

0

2

2

0

1

1

2

0.64

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