Review Article

Patient-Related Determinants of Glycaemic Control in People with Type 2 Diabetes in the Gulf Cooperation Council Countries: A Systematic Review

Table 4

Risk of bias for the included studies.

StudyCriteria 1Criteria 2Criteria 3Criteria 4Criteria 5Criteria 6Criteria 7Criteria 8Criteria 9Criteria 10Criteria 11Criteria 12Criteria 13Criteria 14Overall quality

Case-control
Ajabnoor
1987 [18]
YesYesNoNoNRYesNoNRYesYesNoNoLow
Cross-sectional
Binhemd
1992 [19]
YesYesNRYesNoNANANoYesNAYesNANANoLow
Al-Nuaim
1998 [20]
YesYesNRYesNoNANAYesYesNAYesNANAYesHigh
Malik
1999 [24]
YesNoNRYesNoNANAYesYesNAYesNANANoLow
Abdelmoneim
2002 [21]
YesYesNRYesNoNANANoYesNAYesNANAYesModerate
Al-Kaabi
2008 [10]
YesYesNRYesNoNANANoNoNAYesNANAYesModerate
Al-Kaabi
2009 [11]
YesYesNRYesNoNANAYesYesNAYesNANANoHigh
Al-Lawati
2012 [22]
YesYesNRYesNoNANAYesYesNAYesNANAYesModerate
Al-Hayek
2012 [8]
YesYesNRYesNoNANAYesYesNAYesNANANoLow
Shamsi
2013 [25]
YesYesNRYesNoNANAYesYesNAYesNANANoModerate
Al Balushi
2014 [14]
YesYesNRYesNoNANAYesYesNAYesNANANoLow
Alrahbi
2014 [23]
YesYesNRYesNoNANAYesYesNAYesNANANoLow
D’Souza
2015 [15]
YesYesNRYesYesNANAYesYesNAYesNANANoLow

NR: not reported; NA: not applicable.