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Table 1 Quality assessment tool used to evaluate the methodological quality of the included studies

From: Self-care behaviors and associated factors among individuals with type 2 diabetes in Ghana: a systematic review

Methodological quality criteria

Responses

Yes

No

Can’t tell

Is the sampling strategy relevant to address the research question?

   

Is the sample representative of the target population?

   

Are the measures appropriate?

   

Is the risk of non-response bias low?

   

Is the statistical analysis appropriate to answer the research question?

   
  1. Adopted from Hong et al. [19]