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Table 4 Summary of risk of bias for all included reviews using AMSTAR

From: Integration of care for hypertension and diabetes: a scoping review assessing the evidence from systematic reviews and evaluating reporting

AMSTAR item

Atlantis 2014 [23]

Huang 2013 [24]

Joshi 2014 [25]

Smith 2016 [26]

Watson 2013 [27]

1. ‘A priori’ design

No

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

2. Duplicate study selection and data extraction

Can’t answer

Can’t answer

No

Yes

Yes

3. Literature search

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

4. Status of publication

No

Can’t answer

No

Yes

Yes

5. List of studies

Yes

No

No

Yes

Yes

6. Characteristics of included studies

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

7. Scientific quality

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

8. Formulation of conclusion

No

No

No

Yes

Yes

9. Methods used to combine findings

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

10. Likelihood of publication bias

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

No

11. Conflict of interest

No

Can’t answer

No

No

Yes

Quality score

6

5

4

11

10

Quality rating

Medium

Medium

Medium

High

High