Impact of socioeconomic factors on pediatric atopic dermatitis population

Table 5 Risk of bias[14-21]

Criteria	Reimer-Taschenbrecker et al[14]	Jeong and Choi[15]	Landau et al[16]	Tawfik et al[17]	Andersson et al[18]	Kim et al[19]	Agiwal et al[20]	Weil et al[21]
Did the study address a clearly focused issue?	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
Was the cohort recruited in an acceptable way?	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
Was the exposure accurately measured to minimize bias?	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
Was the outcome accurately measured to minimize bias?	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
Have the authors identified all important confounding factors?	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
Have they taken account of confounding factors in the design/analysis?	√	√	√	√	√	√	△	√
Was the follow-up of subjects complete enough?	×	×	√	×	×	×	×	△
Was the follow-up of subjects long enough?	×	×	√	×	×	×	×	√
What are the results of this study?	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
How precise are the results?	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
Do you believe the results?	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
Can the results be applied to the local population?	√	√	△	△	√	√	√	√
Do the results fit with other available evidence?	△	△	√	√	√	√	√	√
What are the implications of this study for practice?	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
Positive/methodologically sound	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
Negative/relatively poor methodology	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×
Unknowns	△	△	△	△	△	△	△	△

√: Yes; ×: No; △: Partial/unclear empty = Not reported/unknown.