References | Risk of bias domains (a) | Tier (b) | ||||||
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Exposure KEY | Outcome KEY | Randomisation KEY | Allocation concealment | Blinding | Attrition | Other threats to internal validity | ||
Berger et al. ( 1992 ) | NR | + | −− | −− | −− | − | − | 2 |
Expert judgement was translated into a rating scale for each question to be answered as follows: (++): definitely low RoB; (+): probably low RoB; (NR): not reported; (−): probably high RoB; (− −): definitively high RoB.
The individual rating for each question was combined by an algorithm and translated to an overall tier of reliability for each individual study (RoB tier 1: low RoB; RoB tier 2: moderate RoB; RoB tier 3: high RoB).