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Table 7 Crowe Critical Appraisal Tool (results for the four studies)

From: The link between the West African Ebola outbreak and health systems in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone: a systematic review

Study

1. Preliminaries

2. Introduction

3. Design

4. Sampling

5. Data collection

6. Ethical matters

7. Results

8. Discussion

9. Total score (/40)

Percent

Title - Abstract - Text

Background - Objective

Research design - Exposure - Outcome - Bias

Size - Protocol - Method

Method - Protocol

Participant ethics - Researcher ethics

Analysis, integration - Essential analysis - Outcome

Interpretation - Generalisation - Concluding remarks

  

1. Aexander et al.

4

4

2

1

1

0

2

2

16

40

2. Buseh et al.

4

5

2

0

1

0

5

5

22

55

3. Gostin et al.

4

4

3

2

1

0

1

1

16

40

4. Trad et al.

3

4

2

0

0

0

0

1

10

25