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. 2024 Feb 22;16(2):e54706. doi: 10.7759/cureus.54706

Table 2. Quality assessment of the included studies using the Newcastle-Ottawa Scale.

Author Selection Comparability Assessment Overall
Badheka et al. [11] 3 2 2 Good
Chang et al. [12] 3 2 4 Good
Cheng et al. [13] 2 2 3 Good
Hsu et al. [14] 3 1 3 Good
Husein et al. [15] 3 2 4 Good
Lin et al. [16] 2 2 3 Good
Mayer et al. [17] 3 1 4 Good
Olesen et al. [18] 2 1 2 Fair
Shah et al. [19] 2 2 4 Good
Wang et al. [20] 3 2 2 Good
Wannamaker et al. [21] 3 2 3 Good
Wilson et al. [22] 3 2 3 Good