Table 1.

The quality assessment checklist of the 17 included clinical trials using the Joanna Briggs Institute critical appraisal tool for randomized controlled trials.

First Author, Year	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Q5	Q6	Q7	Q8	Q9	Q10	Q11	Q12	Q13	Quality Index
Isolauri 2000 [41]	unclear	unclear	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	unclear	YES	YES	YES	YES	Medium-high
Kirjavainen 2003 [42]	unclear	unclear	YES	YES	NO	YES	YES	YES	unclear	YES	YES	YES	YES	Medium-high
Viljanen 2005 [43]	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	unclear	YES	YES	YES	YES	Excellent
Weston et al., 2005 [44]	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	unclear	YES	YES	YES	YES	Excellent
Brouwer 2006 [45]	unclear	unclear	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	unclear	YES	YES	YES	YES	Medium-high
Fölster-Holst 2006 [46]	unclear	unclear	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	High
Grüber 2007 [47]	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	Excellent
Woo 2010 [48]	unclear	unclear	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	unclear	YES	YES	YES	YES	Medium-high
Klewicka 2011 [49]	unclear	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	unclear	YES	YES	YES	YES	High
Gore 2012 [50]	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	Excellent
Han 2012 [51]	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	Excellent
Wang 2015 [52]	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	Excellent
Prakoeswa 2017 [53]	unclear	unclear	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	unclear	YES	YES	YES	YES	Medium-high
Wu 2017 [54]	unclear	unclear	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	High
Ahn 2020 [55]	unclear	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	unclear	YES	YES	YES	YES	High
Rather 2021 [56]	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	unclear	YES	YES	YES	YES	Excellent
Carucci 2022 [57]	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	Excellent