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. 2024 Jul 19;16(7):e64928. doi: 10.7759/cureus.64928

Table 3. Quality appraisal using the Newcastle-Ottawa scale.

(+) indicates a low-quality score in the respective category; (++) indicates a moderate-quality score; (+++) indicates a high-quality score

Study Selection Comparability Outcome
Baum et al., 2023 [19] +++ ++ +++
Davis et al., 2019 [24] +++ ++ ++
Lu et al., 2021 [20] ++++ ++ +++
Robinson et al., 2021 [21] ++++ ++ +++
Zupa et al., 2022 [13] +++ + +++
Zupa et al., 2023 [22] ++++ ++ +++
Eiland et al., 2022 [23] +++ ++ +++
Nyenwe et al., 2020 [25] +++ ++ +++