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. 2023 Mar 23;35(5):953–968. doi: 10.1007/s40520-023-02381-3

Table 3.

Jadad quality assessment of the studies included in the present systematic review

References Domain Score
Random sequence generation Appropriate randomization Blinding of participants or personnel Blinding of outcome assessors Withdrawals and dropouts
Chau et al. [35] 1 1 0 0 1 3
Jiang et al. [36] 1 1 0 1 1 4
Kawagoshi et al. [37] 1 1 0 0 1 3
Pedone et al. [38] 1 1 0 0 1 3
Walker et al. [39] 1 1 0 0 1 3

Points were awarded as follows: study described as randomized, 1 point; appropriate randomization, 1 point; subjects blinded to

intervention, 1 point; evaluator blinded to intervention, 1 point; description of withdrawals and dropouts, 1 point