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Table 2 Newcastle–Ottawa Scale (NOS) risk of bias assessment of the included studies

From: Changes of symptoms of eating disorders (ED) and their related psychological health issues during the COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Author, Year

Selection (0–4)

Comparability (0–2)

Exposure/outcome (0–3)

Total score (0–9)

Branley-Bell et al. (2020)

2

0

3

5

Machitelli et al. (2020)

4

2

3

9

McCombie et al. (2020)

2

0

3

5

Phillipou et al. (2020)

4

2

3

9

Phillipou et al. (2020)

4

2

3

9

Schlegl et al. (a) (2020)

2

0

3

5

Schlegl et al. (b) (2020)

2

0

3

5

Termorshuizen et al. (2020)

2

0

3

5

Frayn et al. (2021)

1

0

3

4

Jonikas et al. (2021)

2

0

3

5

Robertson et al. (2021)

3

1

3

7

Spettigue et al. (2021)

3

2

3

8

Spigel et al. (2021)

2

0

3

5

Vuillier et al. (2021)

2

2

3

7