Table 2 Studies quality assessment with EPHPP Quality Assessment Tool
From: Investigating the association between stress, saliva and dental caries: a scoping review
Authors, year | Selection bias | Study design | Con-founders | Blinding | Data collection methods | Withdrawals and dropouts | EPHPP global quality rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. Rai K et al., 2010 [44] | Moderate | Moderate | Weak | Weak | Weak | n/a | Weak |
2. Kambalimath et al., 2010 [43] | Moderate | Moderate | Moderate | Moderate | Weak | Weak | Weak |
3. Yfanti et al., 2014 [40] | Moderate | Moderate | Moderate | Moderate | Moderate | Weak | Moderate |
4. Boyce et al., 2010 [30] | Moderate | Weak | Moderate | Moderate | Moderate | n/a | Moderate |
5. Barbosa et al., 2012 [31] | Moderate | Weak | Moderate | Moderate | Strong | n/a | Moderate |
6. Pani et al., 2013 [45] | Weak | Weak | Moderate | Moderate | Moderate | n/a | Weak |