Table 2

Study rigour

StudyStudy design includes preintervention/postintervention dataStudy design includes control or comparison groupStudy design includes cohortComparison groups equivalent at baseline on sociodemographicsComparison groups equivalent at baseline on outcome measuresRandom assignment (group or individual) to the interventionParticipants randomly selected for assessmentControl for potential confoundersFollow-up rate
Church et al 28 NoYesNoN/AN/ANoYesYesN/A
Coyne et al 25 YesNoNoN/AN/ANoNoNoN/A
Hamlyn et al 26 YesNoNoNo (except for age)N/ANoNoNoN/A
  • N/A, not applicable for the given study design.