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Table 4 Assessment of risk of bias (RoB) and representativeness of included studies

From: The role of routine SARS-CoV-2 screening of healthcare-workers in acute care hospitals in 2020: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Study

Risk of bias

Are date for the full sample available and used for estimation of prevalence?

Representativeness

Is the data representative for HCW worldwide?

Abdelmoniem et al. [23]

Low RoB

Lacking representativeness

Al-Zoubi et al. [24]

Low RoB

Lacking representativeness

Armin et al. [25]

Low RoB

Lacking representativeness

Brown et al. [26]

Low RoB

Potentially for hospital staff, wide range of diverse job roles

Campbell et al. [27]

Low RoB

Lacking representativeness

Cavicchiolo et al. [28]

Low RoB

Lacking representativeness

Demmer et al. [29]

Low RoB

Lacking representativeness

Dillner et al. [30]

Low RoB

Potentially for hospital staff, high case number

Fakhim et al. [31]

Low RoB

Lacking representativeness

Favara et al. [32]

Low RoB

Lacking representativeness

Ferreira et al. [33]

Low RoB

Potentially for hospital staff, high case number

Fusco et al. [34]

Low RoB

Lacking representativeness

Guery et al. [35]

Low RoB

Lacking representativeness

Halbrook et al. [36]

Low RoB

Potentially for staff of hospitals and fire departments, high case number

Handal et al. [37]

Low RoB

Lacking representativeness

Hellewell et al. [38]

Low RoB

Lacking representativeness

Hidayat et al. [39]

Low RoB

Lacking representativeness

Horton et al. [40]

Low RoB

Lacking representativeness

Huang et al. [41]

Low RoB

Lacking representativeness

Jameson et al. [42]

Low RoB

Lacking representativeness

Johnson et al. [43]

Low RoB

Lacking representativeness

Kantele et al. [44]

Low RoB

Potentially for hospital staff, high case number, different risks of C-19 contact

Kassem et al. [45]

Low RoB

Lacking representativeness

Lahner et al. [46]

Low RoB

Lacking representativeness

Lai et al. [47]

Low RoB

Lacking representativeness

Lombardi et al. [48]

Low RoB

Potentially for nursing homes, high case number

Martin et al. [49]

Low RoB

Potentially for nursing homes, high case number

Mohanty et al. [50]

Low RoB

Lacking representativeness

Moncunill et al. [51]

Low RoB

Lacking representativeness

Moolla et al. [52]

Low RoB

Lacking representativeness

Olalla et al. [53]

Low RoB

Lacking representativeness

Olmos et al. [54]

Low RoB

Lacking representativeness

Oster et al. [55]

Low RoB

Lacking representativeness

Rivett et al. [15]

Low RoB

Lacking representativeness

Stock et al. [56]

Low RoB

Lacking representativeness

Temkin [57]

Low RoB

Lacking representativeness

Treibel et al. [58]

Low RoB

Lacking representativeness

Vahidy et al. [59]

Low RoB

Lacking representativeness

Zhou et al. [12]

Low RoB

Potentially for hospital staff, wide range of diverse job roles

  1. HCW  healthcare worker