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Table 1 Summary of MMAT

From: Deprescribing interventions and their impact on medication adherence in community-dwelling older adults with polypharmacy: a systematic review

 

Criteria

2.1 Randomisation

2.2 Concealment /blinding

2.3 Complete outcomes

2.4 Loss to follow up

3.1 Recruitment

3.2 appropriate measures

3.3 Comparable groups

3.4 Complete outcomes

4.1 Relevant sampling

4.2 Representative sampling

4.3 Appropriate measures

4.4 Response rate

Overall score

Study

RCTs

 Basheti 2016 [34]

√

√

√

√

        

100%

 Beer 2011 [52]

√

X

√

X

        

50%

 Campins 2017 [32]

√

√

√

√

        

100%

 Grymonpre 2001 [45]

√

√

X

√

        

75%

 Haag 2016 [33]

√

√

√

√

        

100%

 Lowe 2000 [47]

√

√

√

√

        

100%

 Hanlon 1996 [48]

√

√

√

√

        

100%

 Hedegaard 2015 [36]

√

√

√

X

        

75%

 Jager 2017 [50]

√

√

√

X

        

75%

 Sturgess 2003 [44]

√

X

X

X

        

25%

 Vinks 2009 [43]

√

√

√

√

        

100%

 Messerli 2016 [53]

√

√

√

√

        

100%

Average

83.3%

Non-RCTs

 Chen 2016 [35]

    

√

√

X

√

    

75%

 Fiss 2013

    

√

X

X

√

    

50%

 Griffiths 2004 [51]

    

√

√

X

X

    

50%

 Lee 2015 [38]

    

√

√

√

√

    

100%

 Steele 2016 [37]

    

X

√

√

√

    

75%

 Hatah 2014 [41]

    

X

X

X

√

    

25%

 Tan 2014 [40]

    

X

√

X

X

    

25%

 Twigg 2015 [39]

        

√

√

√

√

100%

 Raynor 2000 [46]

        

√

√

X

√

75%

 Roth 2013 [42]

        

√

√

√

√

100%

 Average

            

67.5%

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