This tool can be used in a systematic or scoping review when the evidence includes multiple study designs. The tool can be used to appraise and/or describe quantitative, qualitative, and/or mixed methods studies.

This article discusses a framework for critically appraising qualitative and quantitative evidence that would be analyzed in one systematic or scoping review. Three components of quality are discussed: methodological, conceptual, and reporting.

This article discusses a 16-item quality assessment tool (QATSDD) to standardize and increase rigor in systematic and scoping reviews which include both qualitative and quantitative studies.

The Critical Appraisals Skills Programme (CASP) has appraisal checklists designed for use with Systematic Reviews, Randomized Controlled Trials, Cohort Studies, Case Control Studies, Economic Evaluations, Diagnostic Studies, Qualitative studies and Clinical Prediction Rule.

This site from the Oxford Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine contains useful tools and downloads for the critical appraisal of different types of medical evidence. Appraisal sheets are provided together with several helpful examples.

GRADE (Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development and Evaluations) is a widely adopted tool for grading the quality of evidence and for making recommendations.

These critical appraisal tools from the Joanna Briggs Institute assist in assessing the trustworthiness, relevance and results of published papers.

This scale was designed to score randomized controlled trial for internal validity and sufficient statistical information. Please review the notes at the bottom of the downloadable PDF.

QUADAS is a tool for the quality assessment of diagnostic accuracy studies.

This site includes links to the OCEBM levels of evidence and guides on how to apply the levels.

This site has information on over 400 reporting guidelines for different types of studies, such as CONSORT (for randomized controlled trials), PRISMA (for systematic reviews), and SRQR (for qualitative research).