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Table 1 Risk of Bias Newcastle-Ottawa Scale (NOS) of uncontrolled studies (n=12)

From: Effects of de-implementation strategies aimed at reducing low-value nursing procedures: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Author

Score selection

Score comparability

Score outcome

Conclusion

Alexaitis et al. 2014 [27]

★★★★

-

-

Poor

Amato et al. 2006 [28]

-

-

★

Poor

Andersen et al. 2017 [29]

★★

-

★

Poor

Davis et al. 2008 [30]

★★★

-

★

Poor

Eskandaria et al. 2018 [31]

★★

★

-

Poor

Hevener et al. 2016 [32]

-

-

-

Poor

Link et al. 2016 [33]

★★★★

-

-

Poor

McCue et al. 2004 [34]

★

-

★★

Poor

Mitchell et al. 2018 [9]

-

-

★★

Poor

Sinitsky et al. 2017 [35]

★

-

★

Poor

Thakker et al. 2018 [36]

★★★

-

★

Poor

Weddle et al. 2016 [37]

★★

-

★★★

Poor

  1. Poor quality; 0 or 1 star in selection domain OR 0 stars in comparability domain OR 0 or 1 stars in outcome/exposure domain. Fair quality: 2 stars in selection domain AND 1 or 2 stars in comparability domain AND 2 or 3 stars in outcome/exposure domain. Good quality: 3 or 4 stars in selection domain AND 1 or 2 stars in comparability domain AND 2 or 3 stars in outcome/exposure domain [23]