References | Risk of bias domains (a) | ||||||||
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Key Criteria | Other Criterion | Tier (b) | |||||||
Randomization | Exposure characterization | Outcome assessment | Allocation concealment | Blinding | Attrition | Selective reporting | Other threats to internal validity | ||
Bischoff‐Ferrari et al. 2012 | + | + | + | NR | + | ++ | + | + | 1 |
Cashman et al. 2012 | ++ | ++ | ++ | ++ | ++ | ++ | ++ | ++ | 1 |
Catalano et al. 2015 | + | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | ++ | + | 3 |
Corrado et al. 2021 | ++ | NR | – | NR | – | + | ++ | + | 2 |
Graeff‐Armas et al. 2020 | ++ | ++ | + | ++ | ++ | + | ++ | + | 1 |
Jakobsen et al. 2017 | + | ++ | −− | NR | + | ++ | ++ | ++ | 2 |
Navarro‐Valverde et al. 2016 | + | NR | – | NR | −− | + | ++ | NR | 3 |
Okoye et al. 2022 | ++ | −− | – | – | −− | −− | ++ | + | 3 |
Ruggiero et al. 2019 | ++ | −− | – | + | – | – | – | + | 3 |
Shieh et al. 2017 | ++ | ++ | + | NR | NR | + | ++ | + | 1 |
Vaes et al. 2018a | ++ | ++ | + | ++ | ++ | ++ | + | + | 1 |
Vaes et al. 2018b | ++ | ++ | + | + | ++ | + | + | ++ | 1 |
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).