Papers’ internal quality/Journal

AIR

n (%)

ProfInf

n (%)

L’Infermiere

n (%)

Nursing Oggi

n (%)

Overall

n (%)

Study design as defined by the authors

Not stated

76 (46.9%)

101 (35.7%)

41 (35.9%)

48 (77.4%)

266 (42.8%)

Pertinent/appropriate

39 (24.1%)

104 (36.7%)

37 (32.5%)

8 (12.9%)

188 (30.3%)

Generic or not clearly defined

35 (21.6%)

48 (17.0%)

31 (27.2%)

0 (0%)

114 (18.4%)

Not consistent

12 (7.4%)

30 (10.6%)

5 (4.4%)

6 (9.7%)

53 (8.5%)

Framework

Absent

139 (85.8%)

258 (91.2%)

107 (93.9%)

62 (100.0%)

566 (91.1%)

Present

23 (14.2%)

25 (8.8%)

7 (6.1%)

0 (0.0%)

55 (8.9%)

Background

Present

151 (93.2%)

267 (94.3%)

109 (95.6%)

35 (56.5%)

562 (90.5%)

Absent

11 (6.8%)

16 (5.7%)

5 (4.4%)

27 (43.5%)

59 (9.5%)

Discussion

Consistent with results

119 (73.5%)

189 (66.8%)

80 (66.0%)

15 (24.2%)

403 (64.9%)

Not consistent with results

35 (21.6%)

54 (19.1%)

15 (13.1%)

17 (27.4%)

121 (19.5%)

No discussion

8 (4.9%)

40 (14.1%)

19 (16.7%)

30 (48.4%)

97 (15.6%)

Conclusions

Consistent with discussion

84 (51.8%)

223 (78.8%)

88 (77.2%)

48 (77.4%)

443 (71.3%)

No conclusions

40 (24.7%)

36 (12.7%)

5 (4.4%)

10 (16.1%)

91 (14.7%)

Not consistent with discussion

38 (23.5%)

24 (8.5%)

21 (18.4%)

4 (6.5%)

87 (14.0%)

Limitations

Not acknowledged

111 (68.5%)

114 (40.3%)

68 (59.6%)

29 (46.8%)

322 (51.8%)

Acknowledged

51 (31.5%)

169 (59.7%)

46 (40.4%)

33 (53.2%)

299 (48.2%)

Language

Informal

101 (62.4%)

210 (74.2%)

84 (73.7%)

56 (90.3%)

451 (72.6%)

Scientific

61 (37.6%)

73 (25.8%)

30 (26.3%)

6 (9.7%)

170 (27.4%)

Figures

No figures

144 (88.9%)

227 (80.2%)

104 (91.3%)

54 (87.1%)

529 (85.2%)

Mentioned and discussed

15 (9.3%)

52 (18.4%)

8 (7.0%)

7 (11.3%)

82 (13.2%)

Only mentioned

3 (1.8%)

2 (0.7%)

2 (1.7%)

0 (0%)

7 (1.1%)

Neither mentioned nor discussed

0 (0.0%)

2 (0.7%)

0 (0%)

1 (1.6%)

3 (0.5%)

Graphs

No graphs

111 (68.5%)

148 (52.3%)

76 (66.7%)

34 (54.9%)

369 (59.4%)

Mentioned and discussed

44 (27.2%)

116 (41.0%)

30 (26.3%)

24 (38.7%)

214 (34.5%)

Only mentioned

5 (3.1%)

11 (3.9%)

6 (5.3%)

2 (3.2%)

24 (3.9%)

Neither mentioned nor discussed

2 (1.2%)

8 (2.8%)

2 (1.7%)

2 (3.2%)

14 (2.2%)

Tables

Mentioned and discussed

107 (66.1%)

191 (67.5%)

61 (53.5%)

28 (45.2%)

387 (62.3%)

Only mentioned

42 (25.9%)

39 (13.8%)

38 (33.4%)

4 (6.4%)

123 (19.8%)

No tables

8 (4.9%)

45 (15.9%)

13 (11.4%)

26 (42.0%)

92 (14.8%)

Neither mentioned nor discussed

5 (3.1%)

8 (2.8%)

2 (1.7%)

4 (6.4%)

19 (3.1%)