The Impact of Pain Assessment on Critically Ill Patients’ Outcomes: A Systematic Review

Table 2

Quality Assessment of included studies, EPHPP.

Study	Selection bias	Study design	Confounders	Blinding	Data collection method	Withdrawals and dropouts	Global rating
Rose et al. 2013 [9]	Moderate	Moderate	Strong	Moderate	Strong	Weak	Moderate
Radtke et al. 2012 [10]	Moderate	Moderate	Strong	Moderate	Strong	Weak	Moderate
Arbour et al. 2011 [11]	Moderate	Moderate	Strong	Moderate	Strong	Moderate	Strong
Gélinas et al. 2011 [12]	Moderate	Moderate	Strong	Moderate	Strong	Moderate	Strong
Topolovec-Vranic et al. 2010 [13]	Moderate	Moderate	Strong	Weak	Weak	Strong	Weak
Payen et al. 2009 [6]	Moderate	Moderate	Strong	Moderate	Strong	Moderate	Strong
Williams et al. 2008 [14]	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Strong	Strong	Strong
Chanques et al. 2006 [15]	Moderate	Moderate	Strong	Moderate	Strong	Moderate	Strong
Voigt et al. 1995 [16]	Weak	Moderate	Weak	Weak	Strong	Strong	Weak
Meehan et al. 1995 [17]	Weak	Strong	Strong	Weak	Strong	Moderate	Weak