Xiangju Hu, Xin Fang, Minxia Wu
Prevalence, awareness, treatment and control of type 2 diabetes in southeast China: A population-based study
Journal of diabetes investigation
medical education research study quality instrument mersqi used frequently assess methodological quality medical education dental education present study aimed assess methodological quality using mersqi scores articles published journal dental education jde european journal dental education ejde crosssectional assessment quality manuscripts published 2012 2017 2022 jde ejde conducted mersqi data numbers authors first corresponding author degrees geographic origins funding information also extracted included study descriptive analytical statistics conducted significance level set 005 four hundred ninetyfive articles met inclusion criteria common study design singlegroup crosssectional singlegroup posttest conducted one institution studied years journals years studies assessed mainly participants study outcome mostly satisfaction attitudes perceptions opinions general facts total mean mersqi score journal year varied year geographic origin significantly affected total mersqi score papers originating asia highest score followed south america europe north america oceania africa mersqi score applicable assessment methodological quality dental educational research mersqi score domains similar journals mersqi score affected publication years geographic origins