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Scale for the Assessment of Narrative Review Articles – SANRA
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Reference
Baethge C, Goldbeck-Wood S, Mertens S: SANRA—a scale for the quality assessment of narrative review articles. Research Integrity and Peer Review (2019) 4:5 https://doi.org/10.1186/s41073-019-0064-8
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A narrative review from randomized controlled trials studies: the effectiveness of telemedicine for blood glucose level in diabetes mellitus patients
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StatementsScoreIncluded Studies
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No.QuestionsKim (2007)Sacco, et al. (2009)Marios, et al. (2012)Torbjørnsen, et al.
(2014)		Holmen, et al. (2014)Kotsani, et al. (2018)Miremberg,
et al. (2018)		Sung, et al. (2019)Yasmin, et al. (2020)
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11) Justification of the article’s importance for the readership
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The importance is not justified. 0221221121
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The importance is alluded to, but not explicitly justified1
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The importance is explicitly justified. 22
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2Statement of concrete aims or formulation of questions
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No aims or questions are formulated0112221221
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Aims are formulated generally but not concretely or in terms of clear questions.1
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One or more concrete aims or questions are formulated2
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3Description of the literature search
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The search strategy is not presented0222222222
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The literature search is described briefly1
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The literature search is described in detail, including search terms and inclusion criteria2
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4Referencing
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Key statements are not supported by references0222222222
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The referencing of key statements is inconsistent1
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Key statements are supported by references2
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5Scientific reasoning
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(e.g., incorporation of appropriate evidence, such as RCTs in clinical medicine)
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The article’s point is not based on appropriate arguments0222222222
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Appropriate evidence is introduced selectively1
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Appropriate evidence is generally present2
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6Appropriate presentation of data
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(e.g., absolute vs relative risk; effect sizes without confidence intervals)
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Data are presented inadequately.0222222222
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Data are often not presented in the most appropriate way.1
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Relevant outcome data are generally presented appropriately.2
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Sumscore111111121210111210
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Conclusion
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The nine articles assessed by the authors following the SANRA Guideline have sumscore above or equal 10
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