TABLE 8.
Risk of bias assessment of the included studies—Dermatology.
| Bias author (year) | Random sequence generation (selection bias) | Allocation concealment (selection bias) | Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias) | Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) | Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) | Selective reporting (reporting bias) | Other bias | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Objective outcomes | Subjective outcomes | Objective outcomes | Subjective outcomes | ||||||
| Bassett et al. (1990) | Unclear risk | Unclear risk | N/A | Unclear risk | N/A | Low risk | Low risk | Unclear risk | Low risk |
| Beheshti Roy et al. (2014) | Unclear risk | Unclear risk | N/A | High risk | N/A | Low risk | High risk | Unclear risk | Low risk |
| Beikert et al. (2013) | Unclear risk | Unclear risk | Low risk | N/A | Low risk | N/A | Low risk | Unclear risk | Unclear risk |
| Cho and Choi (2017) | Low risk | Unclear risk | High risk | N/A | Low risk | N/A | Low risk | Unclear risk | Low risk |
| Enshaieh et al. (2007) | Low risk | Unclear risk | N/A | High risk | N/A | Low risk | Unclear risk | Unclear risk | Low risk |
| Hugo Infante et al. (2023) | Low risk | Unclear risk | Low risk | N/A | Low risk | Unclear risk | Low risk | Unclear risk | Low risk |
| Najai-Taher et al. (2022) | Low risk | Unclear risk | N/A | Unclear risk | N/A | Low risk | Unclear risk | Low risk | Unclear risk |
| Rothenberger et al. (2016) | Unclear risk | Unclear risk | Low risk | N/A | Low risk | N/A | Low risk | Unclear risk | Unclear risk |
| Satchell et al. (2002a) | Unclear risk | Unclear risk | N/A | High risk | N/A | Low risk | Low risk | Unclear risk | Unclear risk |