Prevalence of Latent Tuberculosis Infection in the Middle East and North Africa: A Systematic Review

Table 2

Quality assessment of the studies included in the review.

Study	Clear study aims	Adequate sample size	Representative sample	Inclusion and exclusion criteria	Adequate assessment of outcome	Response rate reported	Adequate description of data	Appropriate statistical analysis	Appropriate informed consent obtained	Total score
Nasehi et al., 2016 [31]	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	9
Mamani et al., 2016 [32]	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	9
Bukhary et al., 2018 [33]	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	8
Balkhy et al., 2017 [34]	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	8
El-Helaly et al., 2014 [35]	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	7
Hassan and Diab, 2014 [36]	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	6
Abbas et al., 2010 [37]	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	7
Warrington et al., 2018 [38]	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	5
Mekaini et al., 2014 [39]	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	8
Shitrit et al., 2005 [28]	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	7
Khamis et al., 2016 [40]	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	7
Garcell et al., 2014 [41]	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	7
Gunluoglu et al., 2015 [42]	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	7
Duman et al., 2014 [43]	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	7
Babayigit et al., 2014 [44]	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	7
Yilmaz et al., 2012 [29]	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	7
Hanta et al., 2012 [45]	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	0	6
Soysal et al., 2012 [46]	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	5
Caglayan et al., 2011 [47]	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	0	6
Karadag et al., 2010 [48]	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	0	6
Inanc et al., 2009 [49]	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	9
Seyhan et al., 2010 [50]	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	7
Hanta et al., 2008 [51]	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	0	6
Ozdemir et al., 2007 [52]	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	7
Bozkanat et al., 2016 [53]	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	0	6
Hasanain et al., 2018 [54]	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	6
El-Sokkary et al., 2015 [55]	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	7
Slouma et al., 2017 [56]	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	5
Khazraiyan et al., 2016 [57]	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	6
Jam et al., 2010 [30]	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	8
Amiri et al., 2014 [58]	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	7

A sample size of ≥200 was considered as adequate and a sample size of <200 was considered as inadequate. ^†A response rate of <50% was considered as , and>50% was considered as .