Reference, country | Overall quality assessments | Components of quality assessment | |||||
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Selection biasa | Study Design | Confoundingb | Blinding | Data collection methodc | Withdrawals and drop-outs | ||
Weidert et al. [10] Ethiopia | Moderate | Strong | Strong | Weak | Weak | Moderate | NA |
Okegbe et al. [4] Republic of Benin | Moderate | Strong | Strong | Weak | Weak | Moderate | NA |
Mwembo et al. [14] Democratic Republic of Congo | Moderate | Moderate | Strong | Weak | Weak | Moderate | Moderate |
Comfort et al. [17] Madagascar | Weak | Weak | Moderate | Weak | Weak | Moderate | NA |
Prata et al. [21] Ethiopia | Weak | Weak | Strong | Weak | Weak | Moderate | Moderate |
Stanback et al. [19] Uganda | Weak | Weak | Strong | Strong | Weak | Moderate | Strong |
Krueger et al. [25] Uganda | Weak | Weak | Moderate | Weak | Weak | Strong | NA |
Hoke et al. [18] Madagascar | Weak | Strong | Moderate | Weak | Weak | Moderate | NA |
Jacinto et al. [22] Mozambique | Weak | Strong | Strong | Weak | Weak | Moderate | Strong |
Chin-quee et al. [15] Zambia | Weak | Strong | Moderate | Weak | Weak | Moderate | NA |
Olawo et al. [23] Kenya | Weak | Weak | Moderate | Weak | Weak | Strong | Strong |
FHI-USAID [24] Senegal | Weak | Strong | Moderate | Weak | Weak | Strong | Strong |
Poss et al. [20] Uganda | Weak | Weak | Moderate | Strong | Weak | Moderate | Weak |