An Integrative Review of the Methods Used to Research the Prevalence of Violence against Women in Pakistan

Table 5

Summary of overall quality of studies reviewed.

S. number	Lead author (year)	EPHPP [16] Quantitative studies (moderate and weak to moderate)	Polit et al. [17] Quantitative studies (strong and moderate)	Letts et al. [18] Qualitative studies (strong and moderate)	Mixed methods Appraisal Tool [19] (strong and moderate)	WHO-ethical and safety [7] recommendations	Overall quality
1	Ali (2011) [20]	Moderate	Strong			3	Strong
2	Ali (2007) [26]	Moderate	Strong			3	Strong
3	Andersson (2010) [21]				Moderate	3	Strong
4	Farid (2008) [22]	Moderate	Strong			2	Moderate
5	Fikree (2006) [23]	Moderate	Strong			1	Weak to moderate
6	Fikree (1999) [8]		Strong			2	Moderate
7	Hussain (2008) [28]			Moderate		2	Moderate
8	Karmaliani (2008) [24]	Moderate	Strong			3	Strong
9	Naeem (2008) [25]	Weak to moderate	Moderate			1	Weak to moderate
10	Rabbani (2008) [29]			Strong		2	Moderate to strong
11	Shaikh (2003) [27]	Weak to moderate	Moderate			2	Moderate

Selected studies were assigned to a group considering the number of principles covered of WHO ethical and safety recommendations for research on VAW. These groups are ranged between 3 and 1 (3: mostly considered, 2: partially considered, and 1: nonconsidered).