Effect of psycho-educational interventions on quality of life in patients with implantable cardioverter defibrillators: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Table 2 Quality assessment of the included RCTs

References	randomized	double blind	description of drop outs	objects defined	outcome measures defined	Inclusion/ exclusion criteria	sample size justified	description of the interventions	control group	adverse effects	statistical analysis	Jadad Score
Berg et al. [41]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	13
Irvine et al. [43]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	13
Habibovic et al. [42]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	12
Crössmann et al. [44]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	12
Dougherty et al. [47]	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	9
Kuhl et al. [45]	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	8
Sears et al. [46]	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	8

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