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Table 2 Quality assessment of included studies on effectiveness of activity-based interventions based on the EPHPP tool

From: Activity interventions to improve the experience of care in hospital for people living with dementia: a systematic review

Study design

Study (year)

Selection bias

Study design

Confounders

Blinding

Data collection method

Withdrawals and drop-outs

Global rating

RCT

DiNapoli et al. [36] (2016)

moderate

strong

strong

moderate

strong

moderate

strong

TS

Gitlin et al. [37] (2016)

moderate

moderate

weak

weak

strong

weak

weak

Weber et al. [38] (2009)

moderate

moderate

strong

weak

strong

weak

weak

BA

Cheong et al. [39] (2015)

moderate

moderate

weak

weak

weak

weak

weak

Daykin et al. [40] (2017)

weak

weak

weak

weak

weak

weak

weak

PC

Windle et al. [41] (2018)

weak

moderate

strong

weak

weak

strong

weak

  1. BA before-after study, RCT randomized controlled trial, PC prospective cohort study, TS time series