Table 5 Prevalence of perceived mental fatigability stratified by Newcastle–Ottawa Scale components.
Newcastle–Ottawa Component | No. of studies | Prevalence (%) | 95%CI (%) | Q-value | P-value | Tau2 | Heterogeneity I2 (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sample representativeness | |||||||
Less | 1 | 65.5 | 48.2–82.8 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | ||
More | 5 | 23.3 | 22.1–24.6 | 4.23 | 0.376 | < 0.001 | 22.2 |
Between groups | 22.8 | < 0.001 | |||||
Sample size | |||||||
< 200 participants | 1 | 65.5 | 48.2–82.8 | < 0.001 | – | < 0.001 | – |
≥ 200 participants | 5 | 23.3 | 22.1–24.6 | 4.23 | 0.376 | < 0.001 | 22.2 |
Between groups | 22.8 | < 0.001 | |||||
Respondent and non-respondent comparability | |||||||
Less comparable | 2 | 22.3 | 19.6–24.9 | 0.11 | 0.743 | < 0.001 | 0.01 |
More comparable | 4 | 32.4 | 13.8–51.0 | 25.6 | < 0.001 | 0.034 | 99.5 |
Between groups | 1.12 | 0.290 | |||||
Descriptive Statistics | |||||||
Less detail | 1 | 22.6 | 19.2–26.0 | < 0.001 | – | < 0.001 | – |
More detail | 5 | 29.8 | 15.7–43.9 | 26.54 | < 0.001 | 0.024 | 99.2 |
Between groups | 0.94 | 0.333 | |||||
