Table 2.
Risk of bias assessment.
| Studies | Randomisation process | Deviations from the intended interventions | Missing outcome data | Measurement of the outcome | Selection of the reported result | Overall risk-of-bias judgement |
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| Cain et al. (2022) |
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| Ghoshchi et al. (2020) |
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| Mead et al. (2022) |
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| Ntsiea et al. (2015) |
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| Radford et al. (2020) |
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Key:
Low risk of bias;
Some concerns of bias;
High risk of bias.
For papers which were sub-studies, the original papers were retrieved and reviewed to evaluate the risk of bias.
# Information was obtained from the original study protocol paper (23).
^ Information was obtained from the original study protocol papers (24, 25).







