3.1 Qualitative Appraisal for Selected Papers
Summary of the reviewed studies illustrated in Table 2, it includes;
authors names, year, setting, sample size, intervention, outcomes
measures, and results of the articles reviewed. A total of 4 RCT and 4
quasi-experimental studies were involved for the final assessment.
Some of the selected studies focused on inpatients8-11 and one study by Laustsen et
al12 on outpatients, while some studies focused on
in/outpatients.13-15 All studies revealed a positive
impact of CRP on HRQoL and physiological outcomes of CABG patients. This
review was applied by the primary author (MS) and confirmed by the
secondary authors (MR, and MH). Any differences were discussed and fixed
by consensus.
One study rated as high quality in RCT
studies 10,11 was moderately high, and low moderate8,14 while quasi-experimental studies found that
Akbari and Celik9 and Laustsen et
al.12 were moderately high and Pacaric et
al.13 and Sprioski et al.15 were
rated as low moderate quality. Table 3 and 4 show the methodological
quality on the criteria listed in the CONSORT & TREND checklist.