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. 2024 Aug 28;13(8):1358–1369. doi: 10.21037/gs-24-123

Table 3. Quality assessment of eligible studies (JBI Critical Appraisal Checklist for RCT study).

Author [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]
Haghighat et al. 2010 (18) Y N/A Y Y Y Y N Y Y Y
Szuba et al. 2002 (19) Y N/A U Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Tastaban et al. 2020 (20) Y N/A Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Fife et al. 2012 (23) Y N/A N N N Y Y Y Y Y
Uzkeser et al. 2014 (26) Y N/A Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Uzkeser et al. 2015 (27) U N/A Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Gurdal et al. 2012 (29) Y N/A Y Y N Y N Y Y Y
Johansson et al. 1998 (30) Y N/A N Y U Y N Y Y Y
Ridner et al. 2012 (31) Y N/A N Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Y (%) 89 N/A 56 89 67 100 67 100 100 100

[1] Was the assignment to treatment groups truly random? [2] Were participants blinded to treatment allocation? [3] Was allocation to treatment groups concealed from the allocator? [4] Were the outcomes of people who withdrew described and included in the analysis? [5] Were those assessing outcomes blind to the treatment allocation? [6] Were the control group and treatment groups comparable at entry? [7] Were groups treated identically other than for the named interventions? [8] Were outcomes measured in the same way for all groups? [9] Were outcomes measured in a reliable way? [10] Was appropriate statistical analysis used? Cited from Ha Dinh TT et al. (32) JBI Database System Rev Implement Rep 2016;14:210-47. JBI, Joanna Briggs Institute; RCT, randomized controlled trial; N, no; N/A, not applicable; U, unclear; Y, yes.