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126AuthorOrigin aModified toolTool purpose bStudy designscovered cType of tool d(weighting)Items justified?Items by design?No. of itemsTool validity eInter-raterreliability fIntra-raterreliability fTest-retest fInternalconsistency fTime to completeUsed in otherreviews?Review referencenumberAppendix 3Ganong, 1987 123 X Not a QA tool y 260Gansevoort, 1995 261 n 7 RCTs, NRS c n n 3 na na na na na n nGarber, 1996 262 n 7 Any, CS; Coh; CCS; CCTs s e n n 6 na na na na na n nGardner, 1986 181 n 2 RCTs, NRS c n n 26 na na na na na n nGarg, 1998 263 n 7 RCTs, Coh; CCS c n n 5 na na na na na n nGartland, 1988 124 X Not a QA tool y 264Gifford, 1969 265 n 2 RCTs, NRS c n n 8 na na na na na n nGlantz, 1997 182 m Chalmers, 1981 51 7 RCTs, NRS s u n n 20 na na na na na n nGood, 1996 266 n 7 RCTs, NRS c n n 7 na na na na na n nGordis, 1990 101 n 3 Trials, Coh, CCS, c n y 17 na na na na na n y 267Time series, CSGray, 1982 268 n 2 RCTs, NRS s e n n 8 na na na na na n nGreenhalgh, 1997 183 n 3 RCTs, NRS, Coh, CCS c n n 11 na na na na na n nGurman, 1978 184 n 2 RCTs, NRS s u n n 14 na na na na na n nGuyatt, 1993 79 n 3 RCTs, c n n 12 na 0.79 r 185 na na na n y 185Gyorkos, 1994 127 n 7 CCTs, Coh, CCS, CS, c n y 40 na na na na na n y 269–271Community trials, Obscommunity studies,descriptive studiesHadorn, 1996 102 m US Task Force, 4 RCTs, Coh, CCS, CS and c n y 41 na na na na na n n1989 378 registries, case reports andexpert opinionHancock, 1990–95 272 n 7 RCTs, studies with a c n n 10 na na na na na n ncontrol and treatment groupHayes, 1992 204 X Not a QA tool ncontinued