LOE-category | Number of reviews (%) |
|---|
EL-justified | 0 (0) |
LOE-restricted | 15 (12.2) |
LOE-open | 84a (68.3) |
LOE-inclusive | 17a (13.8) |
LOE-undefined | 7a (5.7) |
Total reviews | 123 (100) |
- EL-justified reviews that exclude non-English studies with an explicit justification in the research question or research objectives, LOE-restricted reviews that exclude non-English studies without justifications, LOE-open reviews that do not explicitly exclude non-English (unless they successively include non-English studies, in which case they are LOE-inclusive), LOE-undefined reviews that do not provide a list of included studies
- aTwenty-seven reviews did not state any explicit language eligibility criteria. Twenty-two of these belonged to the LOE-open group, two to the LOE-inclusive group and three to the group of LOE-undefined reviews
