Critical Appraisal Tools

• Case Control Checklist
  • Creator: Critical Appraisal Skills Programme (CASP)
• Checklist for Case Control Studies
  • Creator: JBI (formerly Joanna Briggs Institute)

• Clinical Prediction Rule Checklist
  • Creator: Critical Appraisal Skills Programme (CASP)

• Checklist for Cohort Studies
  • Creator: Joanna Briggs Institute
• Cohort Study Checklist
  • Creator: Critical Appraisal Skills Programme (CASP)

• AXIS Critical Appraisal Tool for Cross-Sectional Studies
  • Creator: Downes, Brennan, et al.
• BIOCROSS: Critical appraisal tool for cross-sectional studies employing biomarker data
  • Creator: Wirsching, et al.
• Checklist for Analytical Cross Sectional Studies
  • Creator: Joanna Briggs Institute
• Critical Appraisal of a Cross-Sectional Study on Environmental Health
  • Creator: National Collaborating Centre for Environmental Health

• Checklist for Diagnostic Test Accuracy Studies
  • Creator: Joanna Briggs Institute
• Diagnostic Checklist
  • Creator: Critical Appraisal Skills Programme (CASP)
• Diagnostics Critical Appraisal Sheet
  • Creator: Oxford University’s Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine

• Checklist for Economic Evaluations
  • Creator: Joanna Briggs Institute
• Economic Evaluation Checklist
  • Creator: Critical Appraisal Skills Programme (CASP)

• Mixed Methods Appraisal Tool
  • Creator: National Collaborating Centre for Methods and Tools, McMaster University

• Checklist for Case Series
  • Creator: Joanna Briggs Institute
• Checklist for Quasi-Experimental Studies
  • Creator: Joanna Briggs Institute
• ROBINS-I: Risk Of Bias In Non-Randomized Studies of Interventions 
  • Creator: Cochrane Methods

• Checklist for Studies Reporting Prevalence Data
  • Creator: Joanna Briggs Institute

• Prognosis Critical Appraisal Sheet
  • Creator: Oxford University’s Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine

• Checklist for Qualitative Research
  • Creator: Joanna Briggs Institute
• Critical Appraisal of Qualitative Studies
  • Creator: Oxford University’s Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine
• Qualitative Checklist
  • Creator: Critical Appraisal Skills Programme (CASP)

• Checklist for Randomized Controlled Trials
  • Creator: Joanna Briggs Institute
• Randomised Controlled Trial Checklist
  • Creator: Critical Appraisal Skills Programme (CASP)
• RCT Critical Appraisal Sheet
  • Creator: Oxford University’s Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine
• RoB 2: A revised Cochrane risk-of-bias tool for randomized trials
  • Creator: Cochrane Methods

• AMSTAR 2
  • Creator: Bruyere Research Institute, Ottowa Hospital Research Institute, et al.
• Checklist for Systematic Reviews
  • Creator: Joanna Briggs Institute
• Systematic Review Checklist
  • Creator: Critical Appraisal Skills Programme (CASP)
• Systematic Reviews Critical Appraisal Sheet
  • Creator: Oxford University’s Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine

This section lists articles which have reviewed or inventoried CATs. These articles can serve more comprehensive catalogs of previously developed CATs.

Buccheri RK, Sharifi C. Critical Appraisal Tools and Reporting Guidelines for Evidence-Based Practice. Worldviews Evid Based Nurs. 2017;14(6):463-472. doi:10.1111/wvn.12258

Munthe-Kaas HM, Glenton C, Booth A, Noyes J, Lewin S. Systematic mapping of existing tools to appraise methodological strengths and limitations of qualitative research: first stage in the development of the CAMELOT tool. BMC Med Res Methodol. 2019;19(1):113. doi:10.1186/s12874-019-0728-6

Quigley JM, Thompson JC, Halfpenny NJ, Scott DA. Critical appraisal of nonrandomized studies-A review of recommended and commonly used tools. J Eval Clin Pract. 2019;25(1):44-52. doi:10.1111/jep.12889