Table 2 Quality appraisal with the CHEC-list.

From: Cost effectiveness review of text messaging, smartphone application, and website interventions targeting T2DM or hypertension

 

Augustovski (2018)

Zhang (2021)

Chen (2016)

Cunningham (2022)

Derakhshandeh-Rishehri (2022)

Faleh Al-Mutairi (2021)

Gilmer (2019)

Islam (2020)

Li (2018)

Li (2021)

McManus (2021)

Tsuji (2020)

Wong (2016)

Zhang (2020)

 

Study population

0

0

1

1

1

1

0

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

79%

Competing alternatives

0

0

0

0

0

1

1

0

1

1

1

0

0

1

43%

Research question

0

0

0

1

1

0

0

0

1

1

1

0

0

0

36%

Study design

1

1

0

1

0

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

86%

Time horizon

0

1

1

1

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

1

1

0

43%

Perspective

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

7%

Costs: identification

1

1

1

1

0

1

1

0

1

1

0

0

1

1

71%

Costs: measurement

1

1

0

0

0

0

1

0

1

0

0

1

1

1

50%

Costs: value

1

1

0

0

0

0

1

0

1

0

0

1

1

0

43%

Outcomes: identification

1

1

NA

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

100%

Outcomes: measurement

1

1

NA

0

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

92%

Outcomes: value

1

1

NA

0

0

0

1

1

1

1

1

1

0

1

77%

Incremental analysis

1

1

NA

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

100%

Discounted

1

1

1

1

NA

NA

1

NA

NA

NA

NA

1

1

NA

100%

Sensitivity analysis

1

1

0

1

0

0

1

0

1

0

1

0

0

0

43%

Conclusions

1

1

1

1

0

1

0

0

1

1

1

0

1

1

71%

Generalizability

0

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

0

1

1

0

0

71%

No conflict of interest

1

1

0

0

1

1

1

1

1

1

0

0

1

1

71%

Ethics

1

1

0

1

0

0

0

1

1

0

1

0

0

1

50%

Quality score (%)

68

79

40

63

42

56

74

50

94

61

67

58

63

67

 
  1. More extensive item assessment instructions can be found in Appendix 3. NA not applicable.