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Table 2 Summary of MMAT

From: Components in downstream health promotions to reduce sugar intake among adults: a systematic review

Criteria

RCT Study

S1

S2

2.1 Randomisation

2.2 Concealment /blinding

2.3 Complete outcomes

2.4 Loss to follow up

Overall score

Miller, 2012

[16]

YES

YES

YES

CAN’T TELL

YES

NO

50%

Hebden, 2014

[17]

YES

YES

YES

YES

NO

NO

50%

Kattelman, 2014

[18]

YES

YES

YES

NO

YES

NO

50%

Nour, 2015

[19]

YES

YES

YES

CAN’T TELL

YES

YES

75%

Hedrick, 2017

[20]

YES

YES

YES

CAN’T TELL

YES

YES

75%

Al Khatib, 2018

[21]

YES

YES

YES

CAN’T TELL

YES

YES

75%

Webel, 2018

[22]

YES

YES

YES

NO

CAN’T TELL

CAN’T TELL

25%

Kaur, 2020

[23]

YES

YES

YES

CAN’T TELL

YES

CAN’T TELL

50%

Manios, 2020

[24]

YES

YES

YES

CAN’T TELL

YES

YES

75%

Islam, 2021

[25]

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

100%

Rahul, 2021

[26]

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

100%

Chow, 2021

[27]

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

NO

75%

Johnstone, 2021

[28]

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

100%

Mason, 2021

[29]

YES

YES

YES

CAN’T TELL

YES

YES

75%

Average Score

      

70%

Criteria

Non-RCT

S1

S2

3.1 Recruitment

3.2 appropriate measures

3.3 Comparable groups

3.4 Complete outcomes

Overall score

Petrogianni, 2013

[30]

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

100%

Hietaranta-Luoma, 2014

[31]

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

100%

Spees, 2016

[32]

YES

YES

YES

YES

CAN’T TELL

NO

50%

Thomson, 2016

[33]

YES

YES

YES

YES

NO

NO

50%

Kendzor, 2017

[34]

YES

YES

YES

YES

CAN’T TELL

YES

75%

Gudzune, 2020

[35]

YES

YES

YES

YES

CAN’T TELL

YES

75%

West, 2020

[36]

YES

YES

YES

YES

CAN’T TELL

CAN’T TELL

50%

Brittain, 2021

[37]

YES

YES

YES

YES

CAN’T TELL

YES

75%

Redmond, 2021

[38]

YES

YES

YES

YES

NO

NO

50%

Goldstein, 2022

[39]

YES

YES

YES

YES

CAN’T TELL

YES

75%

Okube, 2022

[40]

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

100%

Average Score

      

73%