A systematic review of prevalence of pain in nursing home residents with dementia

BMC Geriatrics

Table 3 Quality assessment of included articles

	First author (reference)	1 Aim	2 Inclusion/ exclusion	3 Population (age/ gender)	4 Study setting	5 Residents with dementia n > 200	6 Responders / non-responders comparison	7 Funding resources/ conflict of interest	8 Ethical approval/ consent	9 Risk of bias discussed	Score ± /? Max score 9
1	Andrews [32]	+	+	+	+	-	-	+	+	?	6
2	Atee [16]	+	+	+	+	+	-	+	+	+	8
3	Barry [50]	+	+	+	+	-	-	+	+	+	7
4	Bunker [51]	+	+	?	+	+	-	+	+	+	7
5	Dube [52]	+	+	+	+	+	-	+	+	?	7
6	Estabrooks [39]	+	?	-	+	+	-	+	+	-	5
7	Forrester [53]	+	+	+	+	+	-	+	+	-	7
8	Griffioen [31]	+	+	+	+	+	-	+	+	+	8
9	Haasum [54]	+	+	+	+	-	+	+	+	+	8
10	Helvik [15]	+	+	+	+	+	-	+	+	+	8
11	Helvik [55]	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	9
12	Hendriks a [7]	+	+	+	+	+	-	+	+	+	8
13	Hendriks b [18]	+	+	+	+	+	-	+	+	+	8
14	Holmerová [56]	+	+	+	+	+	-	+	+	-	7
15	Hunnicutt [57]	+	+	-	+	+	-	+	+	+	7
16	van Kooten [58]	+	+	+	+	-	-	+	+	+	7
17	Koppitz [13]	+	+	+	+	-	-	+	+	-	6
18	Malara [11]	+	?	+	+	-	-	-	+	-	4
19	Miu and Chan [59]	+	+	+	+	+	-	-	+	?	6
20	Morrison [60]	+	?	+	+	+	-	+	+	+	7
21	Raikumar [17]	+	+	+	+	-	-	+	+	-	6
22	Rostad [61]	+	+	+	+	-	-	+	+	?	6
23	Sengupta [14]	+	?	-	+	+	-	-	-	?	3
24	Sjölund [62]	+	+	+	+	-	-	+	+	+	7
25	Tan [63]	+	+	+	+	-	-	+	+	+	7

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