Table 10 Quality of the Evidence
Study Design | Quality | Kropmans et al 1999[27] | Reston and Turkelson 2003[28] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Â | Articles | Patients | Articles | Patients | ||||
| Â | Â | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % |
RCT | High | 3 | 15.0 | 74 | 1.6 | 2 | 8.7 | 112 | 7.7 |
Quasi-RCT | Moderate | 6 | 30.0 | 277 | 6.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Observational Study | Low | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 21.7 | 425 | 29.0 |
Any Other Evidence | Very Low | 11 | 55.0 | 4234 | 92.3 | 16 | 69.6 | 926 | 63.3 |
Total | Â | 20 | 100.0 | 4585 | 100.0 | 23 | 100.0 | 1463 | 100.0 |