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Table 2 Assessment of study quality

From: Recruiting participants to walking intervention studies: a systematic review

Study Author (Year)

Did the study report where the population was recruited?

Did the study report who conducted the recruitment?

Did the study report the time spent planning/preparing the recruitment?

Did the study report the time spent conducting the recruitment?

Did the study target a specific population?

Quality Metric score

l. Watson et al, 2005

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

5

2. Banks-Wallace et al, 2004

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

4

3. Kolt et al, 2006

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

4

4. Nguyen et al, 2002

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

4

5. Prestwich et al, 2010

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

4

6. Rowland et al, 2004

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

4

7. Sherman et al, 2006

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

4

8. Wilbur et al, 2006

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

4

9. Baker et al, 2008b

Yes

No

No

Yes

Yes

3

10. Brownson et al 2005

Yes

Yes

No

No

Yes

3

11. Cox et al, 2008

Yes

Yes

No

No

Yes

3

12. Dinger et al, 2007

Yes

No

No

Yes

Yes

3

13. Dubbert et al, 2002

Yes

Yes

No

No

Yes

3

14. Dubbert et al, 2008

Yes

No

Yes

No

Yes

3

15. Gilson et al, 2008

Yes

Yes

No

No

Yes

3

16. Jancey et al, 2008

Yes

Yes

No

No

Yes

3

17. Lamb et al, 2002

Yes

Yes

No

No

Yes

3

18. Lee et al, 1997

Yes

Yes

No

No

Yes

3

19. Matthews et al, 2007

Yes

Yes

No

No

Yes

3

20. Merom et al, 2007

Yes

Yes

No

No

Yes

3

21. Ornes and Ransdell, 2007

Yes

Yes

No

No

Yes

3

22. Richardson et al, 2007

Yes

Yes

No

No

Yes

3

23. Rosenberg et al, 2009

Yes

Yes

No

No

Yes

3

24. Whitt-Glover et al, 2008

Yes

Yes

No

No

Yes

3

25. Arbour & Ginis, 2009

Yes

No

No

No

Yes

2

26. Culos-Reed et al, 2008

Yes

No

No

Yes

No

2

27. Currie and Develin, 2001

Yes

No

No

No

Yes

2

28. Darker et al, 2010

Yes

No

No

Yes

No

2

29. De Cocker et al 2007

Yes

No

No

No

Yes

2

30. Dinger et al, 2005

Yes

No

No

No

Yes

2

31. Engel and Lindner, 2006

Yes

No

No

No

Yes

2

32. Humpel et al, 2004

Yes

No

No

No

Yes

2

33. Nies et al, 2006

Yes

No

No

No

Yes

2

34. Purath et al, 2004

Yes

No

No

No

Yes

2

35. Shaw et al, 2007

Yes

No

No

No

Yes

2

36. Sidman et al, 2004

Yes

No

No

No

Yes

2

37. Thomas and Williams, 2006

Yes

No

No

No

Yes

2

38. Tudor-Locke et al, 2002

Yes

No

No

No

Yes

2

39. Foreman et al, 2001

No

Yes

No

No

Yes

2

40. Baker et al, 2008a

Yes

No

No

No

No

1

41. Hultquist et al, 2005

Yes

No

No

No

No

1

42. Lomabrd et al, 1995

Yes

No

No

No

No

1

43. DNSWH, 2002

Yes

No

No

No

No

1

44. Rovniak, 2005

Yes

No

No

No

No

1

45. Rowley et al, 2007

No

No

No

No

Yes

1

46. Talbot et al, 2003

Yes

No

No

No

No

1

47. Wyatt et al, 2004

No

No

No

No

Yes

1

Totals

45 Yes 2 No

22 Yes 25 No

3 Yes 44 No

11 Yes 36 No

40 Yes 7 No

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