Factors influencing work participation of adults with developmental dyslexia: a systematic review

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Table 2 Criteria for assessing the methodological quality of the quantitative studies; the quality of studies with less than 15+ and 3 ± is insufficient

Author(s)	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	+/±	n fact
Mellard et al., 2007 [45]	+	+	+	-	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	21+	6
Madaus et al., 2003 [46]	+	+	+	±	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	-	+	+	+	+	-	19+/1±	21
Dickinson & Verbeek, 2002 [47]	+	+	+	-	-	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	±	+	+	+	19+ / 1±	15
Rojewski, 1999 [48]	+	+	+	-	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	-	+	-	+	+	-	18+	10
Madaus et al., 2008 [49]	+	+	+		+	+	+	+	-	+	+	±	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	±	-	17+/2±	29
Curtis Breslin & Pole, 2009 [50]	+	+	+	+	±	+	+	+	-	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	-	+	+	+	-	-	17+/1±	5
Witte et al., 1998 [51]	+	+	+	±	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	-	+	+	+	+	-	+	-	+	-	-	16+/1±	7
Vogel & Holt, 2003 [52]	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	-	+	+	+	±	±	+	+	-	+	-	±	+	+	16+/3±	4
Taylor & Walter, 2003 [53]	+	+	+	-	+	±	+	+	-	-	+	+	-	-	+	+	-	+	+	-	+	+	14+/1±	4
Millward et al., 2005 [54]	+	+	+	±	-	-	+	+	-	±	±	+	+	+	+	+	-	+	+	+	+	-	14+/3±	6
Ingesson, 2007 [55]	+	+	±	-	±	+	+	±	-	+	±	+	+	+	+	+	-	+	+	+	-	-	13+/1±	7
Morris & Turnbull, 2007 [56]	+	+	+	±	+	+	±	-	-	+	±	+	±	+	+	+	-	+	+	+	-	-	13+/4±	51
Madaus et al., 2002 [57]	+	+	±	±	+	+	+	+	-	+	-	-	±	+	+	+	+	+	±	-	±	-	12+/5±	40
Schulte-Körne et al., 2003 [58]	+	+	+	-	+	+	+	+	-	±	-	-	±	+	+	+	-	+	±	-	-	+	12+/3±	3
Chapman et al., 2003 [59]	+	+	+	+	-	+	±	±	-	+	-	-	+	±	+	+	±	+	-	+	-	-	11+/4±	8
Magajna et al., 2003 [60]	+	+	+	±	±	+	+	+	-	+	-	-	-	+	-	+	-	-	-	-	±	+	10+/3±	6

Legenda: 1. Title and abstract; Introduction: 2. Background/rationale; 3. Objectives; Methods: 4. Study design; 5. Setting; 6. Participants; 7. Variables; 8. Data sources/measurement; 9. Bias; 10. Study size; 11. Quantitative variables; 12. Statistical methods; Results: 13. Participants; 14. Descriptive data; 15. Outcome data; 16. Main results; 17. Other analyses; Discussion: 18. Key results; 19. Limitations; 20. Interpretation; 21. Generalisability; Other information: 22. Funding
(‘+’ = present; ‘-‘ = not present; ‘±’ = insufficiently described).

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