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Table 2 Summary of Mixed Methods Appraisal Tool (MMAT) [32] results evaluating quality of included studies (n = 20)

From: Evaluating antenatal breastmilk expression outcomes: a scoping review

Author (year of publication)

Screening questions (number of ‘yes’)

MMAT study design

Methodological quality questions (number of ‘yes’)

Blaikley et al. (1953) [44]

1/2

Quantitative non-randomized

2/5

Brisbane et al. (2015) [34]

2/2

Qualitative study

3/5

Brown et al. (1975) [47]

1/2

Quantitative randomized control trial

2/5

Casey et al. (2019) [36]

2/2

Quantitative non-randomized

2/5

Casey et al. (2019) [35]

2/2

Qualitative study

5/5

Clay (2005) [43]

0/2

Qualitative study

0/5

Demirci et al. (2018) [38]

1/2

Quantitative descriptive

4/5

Demirci et al. (2019) [37]

2/2

Qualitative study

5/5

Fair et al. (2018) [39]

2/2

Qualitative study

3/5

Forster et al. (2011) [13]

1/2

Quantitative non-randomized

2/5

Forster et al. (2017) [21]

2/2

Quantitative randomized control trial

3/5

Ingelman-Sundberg (1958) [46]

0/2

Quantitative non-randomized

0/5

Lamba et al. (2016) [40]

2/2

Quantitative randomized controlled trial

1/5

O’Sullivan et al. (2019) [24]

2/2

Qualitative study

2/5

Rietveld (2011) [42]

2/2

Mixed methods

2/5

Singh et al. (2009) [16]

2/2

Quantitative randomized control trial

1/5

Soltani et al. (2012) [20]

2/2

Quantitative non-randomized

3/5

Uikey et al. (2017) [41]

2/2

Quantitative randomized controlled trial

1/5

Waller (1946) [45]

1/2

Quantitative non-randomized

1/5

Weinel et al. (2019) [33]

0/2

Quantitative descriptive

1/5