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Table 4 Evaluation of study quality according to Newcastle-Ottawa Scale

From: Sensor-based fall risk assessment in older adults with or without cognitive impairment: a systematic review

Cross-sectional studies

Selection

(5 stars)

Comparability

(2 stars)

Outcome

(3 stars)

Total Score

(10 stars)

Bautmans et al., 2011

★★★

★

★★★

7

Brodie et al., 2015

★★

★

★★★

6

Brodie et al., 2017

★★★

★

★★★

7

Ejupi et al., 2017

★★

★

★★

5

Howcroft et al., 2016

★★★

★

★★★

7

Hua et al., 2018

★★★★

★

★★★

8

Ihlen et al., 2016

★★

–

★★★

5

Iluz et al., 2016

★

★

★★★

5

Mancini et al., 2016*

★★★

★

★★★

7

Marschollek et al., 2009

★★★

★

★★★

7

Pozaic et al., 2016

★★★

★

★★★

7

Qui et al., 2018

★★★

★

★★★

7

Rivolta et al., 2019

★★★

★

★★★

7

Sample et al., 2017

★★★

★

★★★

7

Senden et al., 2012

★★★

★

★★★

7

van Schooten et al., 2015*

★★★

–

★★★

6

Weiss et al., 2011

★★

–

★★★

5

Zakaria et al., 2015

★★

–

★★★

5

Prospective studies

Selection

(4 stars)

Comparability

(2 stars)

Outcome

(3 stars)

Total score

(9 stars)

Bizovska et al., 2018

★★★

★

★★

6

Buckinx et al., 2015

★★

★

★★★

6

Buisseret et al., 2020

★★★

★

★★★

7

Gietzelt et al., 2014

★★

★

★★★

6

Greene et al., 2012

★★★

★

★★★

7

Howcroft et al., 2018

★★★

–

★★★

6

Ihlen et al., 2018

★★

★

★★

5

Marschollek et al., 2011

★★

★

★★★

6

Mancini et al., 2016 a

★★

★

★★

5

van Schooten et al., 2015 a

★★★

★

★★

6

Wang et al., 2017

★★

–

★★

4

Weiss et al., 2013

★★★

★

★★

6

  1. a Mancini et al. [45] and van Schooten et al. [52] had a mixed study design and were therefore considered for both types of study design