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146Author Review IV type b Topic Total RCTs NRS Other Type of QA Tool QA results dtype atool cKay, 1996 186 MA Educ Oral health 37 7 30 0 S Author’s own Not reportedKingery, 1997 297 MA Pharm Pain syndromes 50 NS NS NS S Modified Koes, 1991 70 OSKinney, 1996 298 MA Mixed Cardiac patients 84 54 30 0 S Modified Smith, 1991 360 Mean/modal score andrangeKlassen, 1995 299 Nar Pharm Depression in Parkinson’s 12 9 3 0 S Modified ter Riet, 1990 68 Itemised; OSdiseaseKleijnen, 1995 301 Nar Other Multiple sclerosis 14 11 3 0 S Author’s own Itemised; OSKleijnen, 1994 300 Nar Alt med Cancer 11 6 5 0 S Author’s own Itemised; OSKleijnen, 1991 69Kleijnen, 1991 69 Nar Alt med Any 107 68 39 0 S Author’s own OS; Itemised betterquality onesKrause, 1998 306 Nar Rehab Occupational health 21 1 6 6 S Kristensen, 1989 305 Nar; OSKreulen, 1998 187 MA Dental Veneer restorations 14 14 S Modified Hayes, 1992 204 OS; Mean/modal scoreper itemKrywanio, 1994 363 MA Other Neonates in NICU 39 25 14 0 S Smith, 1988 125 OS; mean score and SDKulik, 1990 308 MA Educ N/A 103* 28 75 0 C Author’s own No. meeting eachcriterion reportedKwakkel, 1997 188 MA Rehab Stroke 9 8 1 0 S Author’s own Itemised; NarLee, 1997 189 MA Other Seasonal affective disorder 40 ? ? 0 S Cook, 1979 50 Not reportedLee, 1994 312 Nar Psych Divorce 15 11 4 0 S Author’s own % meeting eachcriterion reportedLijesen, 1995 303 Nar Pharm Obesity 24 14 10 0 S Koes, 1991 70 Itemised; OSLinde, 1998 314 MA Alt med Various 32 23 9 0 S Linde, 1999 95 Itemised; OSLittenberg, 1998 316 MA Surg Tibial shaft fracture 19 13 S Author’s own Mean/median scoresand rangeLoblaw, 1998 223 Nar Mixed Spinal cord compression 24 ? ? ? LoE Canadian Task Force, Categorised by level of1994 220 evidenceLong, 1995 380 Nar Other Premature infants 31 11 20 0 LoE US Task Force, 1989 378 Categorised by level ofevidenceLucassen, 1998 286 MA Mixed Infantile colic 27 NS NS 0 S Jadad, 1996 46 OSAppendix 6continued