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Table 3 Quality appraisal of included systematic reviews

From: Effectiveness and safety of vitamin K antagonists and new anticoagulants in the prevention of thromboembolism in atrial fibrillation in older adults – a systematic review of reviews and the development of recommendations to reduce inappropriate prescribing

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1. Was an ‘a priori’ design provided?

2. Was there duplicate study selection and data extraction?

3. Was a comprehensive literature search performed?

4. Was the status of publication (i.e. grey literature) used as an inclusion criterion?

5. Was a list of studies (included and excluded) provided?

6. Were the characteristics of the included studies provided?

7. Was the scientific quality of the included studies assessed and documented?

8. Was the scientific quality of the included studies used appropriately in formulating conclusions?

9. Were the methods used to combine the findings of studies appropriate?

10. Was the likelihood of publication bias assessed?

11. Was the conflict of interest stated?

Adam et al. 2012 [31]

yes

yes

yes

no

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

unclear

yes

Agarwal et al. 2012 [27]

unclear

no

yes

no

no

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

no

Aguilar et al. 2005 [34]

yes

yes

yes

unclear

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

no

yes

Aguilar et al. 2007 [44]

yes

yes

yes

unclear

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

no

yes

Andersen et al. 2008 [37]

yes

yes

yes

no

yes

yes

yes

yes

NA

yes

yes

Assiri et al. 2013 [42]

yes

unclear

yes

no

no

yes

unclear

unclear

yes

no

yes

Baker et al. 2012 [53]

yes

yes

yes

yes

no

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

Briceno et al. 2015 [29]

yes

unclear

yes

no

no

yes

no

unclear

yes

yes

yes

Cameron et al. 2014 [46]

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

no

no

yes

no

yes

Capodanno et al. 2013 [47]

yes

yes

yes

no

no

yes

no

no

yes

yes

no

Chatterje et al. 2013 [63]

yes

yes

yes

no

no

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

Coleman et al. 2012 [35]

yes

yes

yes

no

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

no

Cooper et al. 2006 [41]

yes

no

yes

no

no

yes

no

unclear

no

no

no

Dogliotti et al. 2013 [48]

yes

yes

yes

no

no

yes

no

no

yes

yes

yes

Dogliotti et al. 2014 [40]

yes

yes

yes

no

no

yes

no

yes

no

no

yes

Harenberg et al. 2012 [70]

yes

unclear

yes

no

no

yes

no

unclear

yes

no

yes

Hart et al. 1999 [4]

yes

yes

yes

no

no

yes

no

unclear

yes

no

no

Hart et al. 2007 [39]

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

no

yes

Holster et al. 2013 [33]

yes

yes

yes

unclear

no

no

yes

yes

yes

yes

no

Jia et al. 2014 [54]

yes

unclear

yes

yes

yes

no

no

unclear

yes

no

no

Lega et al. 2014 [30]

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

no

yes

yes

yes

no

yes

Liew et al. 2014 [49]

yes

yes

yes

unclear

no

no

yes

yes

yes

no

yes

Lin et al. 2015 [43]

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

no

no

yes

yes

Lip et al. 2006 [36]

yes

no

yes

no

no

yes

no

unclear

yes

yes

yes

Miller et al. 2012 [50]

yes

yes

yes

yes

no

yes

no

no

yes

no

no

Providência et al. 2014 [51]

yes

yes

yes

yes

unclear

yes

unclear

unclear

yes

no

yes

Rong et al. 2015 [66]

yes

unclear

yes

yes

no

yes

yes

yes

yes

no

yes

Roskell et al. 2010 [67]

NA

yes

yes

no

no

no

yes

yes

yes

no

yes

Ruff et al. 2014 [28]

yes

unclear

no

no

no

yes

no

unclear

yes

unclear

yes

Sardar et al. 2013 [64]

yes

yes

yes

yes

no

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

Sardar et al. 2014 [32]

yes

yes

yes

no

no

yes

yes

unclear

yes

yes

yes

Schneeweiss et al. 2012 [69]

yes

unclear

yes

no

no

no

no

unclear

yes

no

yes

Segal et al. 2000 [38]

yes

yes

yes

no

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

no

yes

Senoo et al. 2015 [65]

yes

unclear

yes

yes

no

yes

yes

yes

yes

no

yes

Sharma et al. 2015 [26]

yes

yes

yes

yes

no

yes

yes

no

yes

yes

yes

Taylor et al.2001 [45]

yes

unclear

yes

yes

no

yes

unclear

yes

yes

yes

yes

Testa et al. 2012 [52]

yes

unclear

yes

no

no

unclear

yes

unclear

yes

no

no

Verdecchia et al. 2015 [68]

yes

yes

yes

unclear

no

yes

no

unclear

yes

no

yes

  1. NA not applicable
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