Table 3. The Cochrane Risk of Bias Assessment Tool was used to assess the eligibility of clinical trials and randomized controlled trials.
Author and year of publication | Type of the study | Was the allocation sequence random? | Was the allocation sequence concealed until participants were enrolled and assigned to interventions? | Did baseline differences between intervention groups suggest a problem with the randomization process? | Were data for this outcome available for all, or nearly all, participants randomized? |
Pagan et al. 2020 [16] | Randomized controlled trial | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Pagan et al. 2016 [7] | Randomized controlled trial | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |