Table 2.
Quality Analysis.
| Study | Quality Items | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Q5 | Q6 | Q7 | Q8 | Q9 | Q10 | Q11 | Q12 | Q13 | |
| Case series studies | |||||||||||||
| Woods et al. [48] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | N/A | - | - | - |
| Ronga et al. [44] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | N/A | N/A | - | - | - |
| Case-control studies | |||||||||||||
| Mikashima et al. [43] | Yes | N/A | Yes | Yes | Yes | N/A | N/A | Yes | Yes | N/A | - | - | - |
| Smith TO et al. [45] | N/A | N/A | N/A | Yes | N/A | N/A | N/A | Yes | Yes | Yes | - | - | - |
| Tompkins et al. [47] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | N/A | N/A | Yes | Yes | Yes | - | - | - |
| Asaeda et al. [40] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | N/A | N/A | Yes | Yes | Yes | - | - | - |
| Keilani et al. [41] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | N/A | N/A | Yes | Yes | N/A | - | - | - |
| RCT | |||||||||||||
| Smith and Chester et al. [46] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Cross-sectional studies | |||||||||||||
| Arrebola et al. [39] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | N/A | Yes | Yes | - | - | - | - | - |
| Lucas et al. [42] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | N/A | N/A | Yes | N/A | - | - | - | - | - |