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© Queen’s Printer and Controller of HMSO 2003. All rights reserved.Author Review IV type b Topic Total RCTs NRS Other Type of QA Tool QA results dtype atool cSchmidt-Nowara, Nar Other Obstructive sleep apnoea 21 0 21 0 LoE Cook, 1992 238 Categorised by level of1995 239 evidenceSchoemaker, 1997 358 Nar Psych Anorexia nervosa 6 6? 0 C Slavin, 1995 122 ItemisedSellers, 1997 353 MA Educ Public health 7 0 7 0 C Author’s own ItemisedSelley, 1997 354 Nar Surg Prostate cancer unclear 0 C Author’s own Not reportedSimons, 1996 356 MA Surg Inguinal hernia 11 8 3 0 S Author’s own Itemised; OSSmeenk, 1998 359 Nar Pall care Cancer 8 5 3 0 S Can’t tell ItemisedSnowdon, 1997 400 Nar Other Pre-school vision 11 5 6 0 NR Can’t tell Methodologicalshortcomings presentedSolomon, 1997 366 Nar Org Rheumatic/ 16 1 12 3 C Author’s own Itemisedmusculoskeletal conditionsSullivan, 1995 290 Nar Org GP computing 30 19 11 0 S Johnston, 1994 289 Itemised; OSTalley, 1996 401 Nar Psych Irritable bowel syndrome 14 13 1? 0 C Author’s own ItemisedTalley, 1993 106Tangkanakul, 1997 372 MA Pharm Carotid end-arterectomy 20 17 3 0 C Author’s own Narter Riet, 1990 68 Nar Alt med Chronic pain 51 40 11 0 S Author’s own ItemisedTheis, 1997 373 Nar Pharm Neonatal abstinence 14 8 6 0 C Author’s own NarsyndromeThomas, 1995 375 Nar Physio Pulmonary disease/CF 17 2 7 0 S Author’s own OSTowler, 1998 235 MA Other Colorectal cancer 6 4 2 0 C Cochrane Handbook, Itemised1987 118van Balkom, 1997 384 MA Mixed Panic disorder 106 ? ? 0 S Modified Chalmers, 1981 51 Mean scoreVerhagen, 1997 304 Nar Alt med Arthritis 14 7 7 0 S Koes, 1991 70 ItemisedVickers, 1996 201 Nar Alt med Nausea/vomiting 33 25? 8 0 C Author’s own ItemisedVickers, 1994 386 Nar Alt med Irritable bowel syndrome 17 4 5 4 C Author’s own NarVillalobos, 1998 402 MA Pharm Meningitis 12 2 10 0 S L’Abbe, 1987 120 Not reportedWatt, 1998 221 Nar Behav Not clear 11 7 4 0 NR Canadian Task Force, OS; level of evidence1994 220 providedcontinuedHealth Technology Assessment 2003; Vol. 7: No. 27149