Table 3.
Quality of the selected studies.
Authors | PRISMA quality of report | Risk of bias | AMSTAR-2 confidence level | Scale used to evaluate primary studies |
---|---|---|---|---|
Miron et al. [17] | 18/27 | Moderate | Low | Not reported |
Miron et al. [18] | 25/27 | Low | Low | Cochrane risk-of-bias tool for randomized trials |
Castro et al. [19] | 23/27 | Low | Low | Cochrane collaboration's tool for assessing the risk of bias |
Panda et al. [20] | 23/27 | Low | Low | Cochrane |
Zhou et al. [21] | 23/27 | Low | Low | Cochrane |
Moraschini and Barboza [24] | 27/27 | Low | High | Cochrane collaboration's tool |
Najeeb et al. [22] | 18/27 | Moderate | Low | Jadad scale |
Tavelli et al. [23] | 23/27 | Low | High | Cochrane risk-of-bias tool for randomized trials |