Study design | Number of articles | Quality scale | Median (IQR)/total score |
Case series | 45 | JBI Checklist for Case Series | 7 (2)/10 |
Narrative review | 58 | SANRA | 9 (2)/12 |
Cohort studies | 1 | Newcastle-Ottawa Scale for non-randomised studies | 5 (0)/9 |
Systematic review | 5 | AMSTAR-2 | –* |
*A numerical score AMSTAR-2 score for systematic reviews could not be generated as the tool scored studies using low, moderate or high metric values.
JBI, Joanna Briggs Institute; SANRA, Scale for the Assessment of Narrative Review Articles.