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Table 2 Critical assessment of the reporting of the studies

From: European radiographers’ challenges from mammography education and clinical practice – an integrative review

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Assessment criteria of the studies.

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[33]

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[42]

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[34]

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[32]

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[45]

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[36]

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[35]

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[40]

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[41]

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[37]

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[38]

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[39]

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[43]

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[30]

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[44]

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  1. 1. Study background and theoretical framework are clearly defined.
  2. 2. Purpose, aim and research questions are clearly defined.
  3. 3. The design is clearly stated.
  4. 4. The setting is clearly described.
  5. 5. For independent and dependent variables, confounders are clearly identified and consistently implemented or something else should be added here.
  6. 6. Data sources and analysis methods are clearly described.
  7. 7. Efforts to address potential sources of bias are described.
  8. 8. Research questions are answered logically.
  9. 9. Study limitations and generalizability are discussed.
  10. 10. Relevance to the topic.
  11. ** assessment criteria are satisfied
  12. * assessment criteria are partly satisfied
  13. _ assessment criteria are hardly or not at all satisfied
  14. x assessment criteria do not apply.