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Table 3 Quality assessment of non-RCTs

From: Comparison of the Ahmed glaucoma valve with the Baerveldt glaucoma implant: a meta-analysis

 

Methods of grouping

Methods of blinding

Inclusion of all patients

Baselines

Standards of diagnosis

Control of confounding factors

Selective reporting

Total score

El Gendy NM (2012)

0

0

0

2

2

1

2

7

Goulet RJ (2008)

0

0

2

2

2

2

2

10

Tsai JC (2006)

0

0

2

2

2

1

0

7

Tesser R (2005)

0

0

2

2

2

0

2

8

Chung AN (2004)

0

0

0

1

2

0

2

5

Syed HM (2004)

0

0

1

2

2

1

1

7

Wang JC (2004)

0

0

1

2

2

0

2

7

Beck AD (2003)

0

0

2

1

2

0

1

6