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Table 2 Description of quality scoring system for quantitative studies on traditional medicine/traditional healer use for malaria survey reviewed [31-33]

From: A critical review of traditional medicine and traditional healer use for malaria and among people in malaria-endemic areas: contemporary research in low to middle-income Asia-Pacific countries

Dimensions of quality assessment

Codes

Points awarded

Methodology:

  

Representative sampling strategy

A

1

Sample size >500

B

1

Response rate >75%

C

1

Low recall bias (prospective data collection or retrospective data collection within past 12 months)

D

1

Confirmed malaria patients by health staff (microscopic test)

E

1

Reporting of participants’ characteristics:

  

Status of malaria

F

1

Age

G

1

Indicator of socio-economic status (e.g., income, education)

H

1

Types of areas (urban/rural/remote)

I

1

Reporting of traditional medicine/therapy use:

  

Definition of TM or modalities provided to respondents

J

1

Participants can name TM type/therapy/ modalities

K

1

Types of areas (urban/rural/remote)

L

1

TOTAL SCORES

 

12