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Table 4 Data synthesis rules for each measurement property

From: Measuring carer quality of life in Duchenne muscular dystrophy: a systematic review of the reliability and validity of self-report instruments using COSMIN

Criteria

Synthesised rating

All ratings are+/−/±/?

+/−/±/?

At least one rating is + and one rating is −

±

aDevelopment paper is ±, reviewer rating is+/−

+/−

Only one rating is ?

Ignore ? and rate as above

Two or more ratings are ?

?

All other situations

±

  1. aContent validity synthesis only