Author/Year | Country | Study design | Sample size/sex/age | BMI | Data assesment | Critical appraisal |
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Ruzafa-Martinez et al. (2003) [13] | Spain | cross-sectional | 24 PNs: 22 F; 2 M | a | R-M Q | fair |
Bos et al. (2007) [14] | Netherlands | cross-sectional | 381 PNs: 324 F; 57 M. Age: 40 ± 10 | 24 ± 4 | NMQ | fair |
Meijsen et al. (2007) [15] | Netherlands | cross-sectional | 463 PNs: 394 F; 69 M. Age: 36 ± 10.3 | a | NMQ | fair |
Sheikhzadeh et al. (2009) [16] | US | cross-sectional | 32 PNs. Age: 43.9 ± 9.1 | a | MSS | fair |
Choobineh et al. (2010) [18] | Iran | cross-sectional | 375 PNs: 249 F; 126 M. Age: 31.5 ± 8.5 | 22.8 ± 3.3 | NMQ | fair |
Moscato et al. (2010) [17] | Italy | cross-sectional | 185 PNs: 73 F; 112 M. Age: 36.1 ± 7.1 | M 22.6 ± 3.2 F 25.5 ± 3.7 | R-M Q | fair |
Aljeesh et al. (2011) [19] | Palestine | cross-sectional | 143 PNs: 33 F, 110 M. Age: 33.7 ± 9.59 | 26.6 ± 4.5 | R-M Q | fair |
Hinmikaiye et al. (2012) [20] | Nigeria | cross-sectional | 80 PNs: 56 F; 24 M. | a | R-M Q | fair |
Simonsen et al. (2012) [32] | Sweden | cross-sectional | 99 PNs | a | R-M Q | fair |
Keriri et al. (2013) [21] | Saudi Arabia | cross-sectional + nested case control | 126 PNs (94 ORNs, 32 Technicians): 99 F; 27 M. Age: 34.0 ± 8.0 | 24.9 ± 4.5 | R-M Q | fair |
Arsalani et al. (2014) [22] | Iran | cross-sectional | 117 PNs | a | NMQ | fair |
Ryu et al. (2014) [23] | South Korea | cross-sectional | 35 PNs: 35 F | a | ANSI Z-365 | fair |
Nützi et al. (2015) [25] | Switzerland | cross-sectional | 116 PNs: 97 F; 19 M. Age: 3.9 ± 11.9 | a | NAAS-Q | fair |
Uğurlu et al. (2015) [24] | Turkey | cross-sectional | 74 PNs: 46 F; 28 M. Age: 29.3 ± 6.7 | a | R-M Q | fair |
Arvidsson et al. (2016) [27] | Sweden | cross-sectional | 305 PNs: 305 F. Age: 47 ± 10 | 24 ± 4 | CE + NMQ | fair |
Asadi et al. (2016) [28] | Iran | cross-sectional | 45 PNs | a | R-M Q | fair |
El Ata et al. (2016) [26] | Egypt | cross-sectional | 184 PNs: 155 F; 29 M. Age: 20–50 ys | < 30 | CE + NMQ | fair |
Homaid et al. (2016) [35] | Saudi Arabia | cross-sectional | 41 PNs (34 ORN, 7 Technicians) | a | R-M Q | ? |
Bakola et al. (2017) [30] | Greece | prospective | 44 PNs: 35 F; 9 M. Age: 42.7 ± 5.5 | 24.7 ± 4.3 | R-M Q | fair |
Mahmoudifar et al. (2017) [29] | Iran | cross-sectional | 50 PNs | a | NMQ + REBA | fair |
Nasiri-Ziba et al. (2017) [31] | Iran | cross-sectional | 133 PNs: 103 F; 30 M. Age: 29.1 ± 6.8 | 23.1 ± 2.7 | NMQ | fair |
Jeyakumar et al. (2018) [34] | US | cross-sectional | 250 PNs: 220 F; 30 M | 24.5 | MOLBPDQ | fair |
Asghari et al. (2019) [36] | Iran | cross-sectional | 144 PNss: 115 F; 29 M. Age: 34.6 ± 6.6 | 24.4 ± 2.9 | NMQ + REBA | ? |
Clari et al. (2019) [33] | Italy | cross-sectional | 144 PNs: 114 F; 30 M | a | DASH | fair |