Precancerous cervical lesion in Ethiopia: systematic review and meta-analysis

Table 1 Critical appraisal result of the included studies, 2019

Included articles	Criterion no. (items included to appraise cross-sectional and case-control studies)
Included articles	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	%
Awoke et al. [27]	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	100
Belayneh et al. [28]	✓	✓	✓	X	✓	✓	X	✓	75
Birra [29]	✓	✓	✓	X	✓	✓	✓	✓	87.5
Gedefaw et al. [30]	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	100
Getinet et al. [31]	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	100
Hailemariam et al [32]	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	X	✓	✓	87.5
Kassa et al. [33]	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	100
Kebede et al. [34]	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	100
Meseret and Tadiwos [35]	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	100
Netsanet et al. [36]	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	100
Pelzer et al. [37]	✓	X	✓	✓	X	X	✓	✓	62.5
Ruland et al. [38]	✓	✓	✓	✓	X	X	✓	✓	75
Sami-Ramzi et al. [39]	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	100
Teame et al. [40]	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	X	✓	90
Teka et al. [41]	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	100
Temesgen et al. [42]	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	100
Zewdie et al. [43]	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	100

√ criterion fulfilled, X criterion not fulfilled
Criterion no. 1: inclusion criteria, criterion no. 2: description of study subject and setting, criterion no. 3: valid and reliable measurement of exposure, criterion no. 4: objective and standard criteria used, criterion no. 5: identification of confounder, criterion no. 6: strategies to handle confounder, criterion no. 7: outcome measurement, and criterion no. 8: appropriate statistical analysis

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