Alcohol consumption among university students in Ireland and the United Kingdom from 2002 to 2014: a systematic review

Table 1 Quality assessment of included studies investigating drinking patterns of Irish and UK undergraduate students (n = 29)

Study	Random sample?	Unbiased sampling frame	Sample size?	Measures?	Unbiased assessors?	Response rate?	Confidence intervals?	Subject description?	Total
Black & Monrouxe, 2014 [39]	-	✓	-	✓	✓	-	-	✓	4/8
El Ansari et al, 2014 [29]	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	8/8
John & Alwyn, 2014 [41]	-	-	-	✓	✓	-	-	✓	3/8
O’Brien et al, 2014 [24]	-	-	✓	✓	-	✓	✓	✓	5/8
El ansari et al, 2013 [28]	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	8/8
Partington et al, 2013 [25]	-	✓	-	✓	✓	-	-	✓	4/8
De Visser & McDonnell, 2012 [40]	✓	✓	-	✓	✓	-	-	✓	5/8
Gardner et al, 2012 [35]	-	-	-	✓	✓	-	-	-	2/8
Gunby et al, 2012 [22]	✓	-	-	✓	✓	-	-	✓	4/8
Sebena et al, 2012 [31]	-	-	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	6/8
Craigs et al, 2011 [45]	✓	✓	-	✓	✓	✓	-	✓	6/8
El Ansari et al, 2011 [30]	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	8/8
Heather et al, 2011 [23]	✓	✓	-	✓	✓	-	-	✓	5/8
Beenstock et al, 2010 [20]	✓	-	-	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	6/8
Cahill & Byrne, 2010 [32]	✓	✓	-	✓	✓	✓	-	-	5/8
Dodd et al, 2010 [33]	-	-	-	✓	✓	-	✓	✓	4/8
El Ansari & Stock, 2010 [34]	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	8/8
Woolfson & Maguire, 2010	✓	-	-	✓	✓	-	-	-	3/8
Underwood et al, 2009 [47]	-	-	-	✓	✓	-	-	-	2/8
O’Connor et al, 2008 [48]	✓	-	-	✓	✓	✓	-	-	4/8
Gill et al, 2007 [36]	✓	-	-	✓	✓	-	-	✓	4/8
Norman et al, 2007 [37]	-	-	-	✓	✓	-	-	-	2/8
Barber & Fairclough, 2006 [60]	-	-	-	✓	✓	✓	-	✓	4/8
Boland et al, 2006 [27]	-	-	-	✓	✓	✓	-	✓	4/8
Faulkner et al, 2006 [21]	-	-	-	✓	-	-	-	-	1/8
Watson et al, 2006 [43]	-	-	-	✓	✓	✓	-	✓	4/8
McMillan & Conner, 2003 [42]	-	-	-	✓	✓	-	-	-	2/8
Snow et al, 2003 [26]	-	-	-	✓	✓	-	-	-	2/8
Newbury-Birch et al, 2002 [46]	-	-	-	✓	✓	✓	-	-	3/8

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