Table 3.
Jadad scale assessment of the included studies.
| Author(s) | Year | Randomization (0–2) | Blinding (0–2) | Withdrawals/Dropouts (0–1) | Total Jadad score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hietanen et al. (2) | 2019 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| Khalid et al. (1) | 2019 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Were et al. (3) | 2021 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Rimmer et al. (7) | 2023 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Koc et al. (8) | 2008 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Nedelec et al. (9) | 2020 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Manzoor et al. (10) | 2020 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Khalid et al. (11) | 2018 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| AbdAlbaset et al. (12) | 2025 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Rutnin et al. (13) | 2025 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| Reinholz et al. (14) | 2020 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Saleem et al. (15) | 2017 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Sharma et al. (6) | 2021 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Naseem et al. (16) | 2022 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Li et al. (17) | 2022 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| de Sousa et al. (5) | 2022 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Bijlard et al. (19) | 2018 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Abedini et al. (20) | 2018 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Shaarawy et al. (21) | 2015 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Liu et al. (22) | 2013 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Tawaranurak et al. (23) | 2022 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Liu et al. (24) | 2024 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Krishna et al. (25) | 2025 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Hou et al. (26) | 2023 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Qiao et al. (27) | 2025 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Manuskiatti et al. (28) | 2022 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Manuskiatti et al. (29) | 2021 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Shah et al. (30) | 2023 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Bijlard et al. (31) | 2013 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Chua et al. (32) | 2019 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Zakria et al. (33) | 2022 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| Behera et al. (34) | 2016 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Pires et al. (35) | 2022 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| Ricciardi et al. (36) | 2025 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Usanakornkul et al. (37) | 2017 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| Hietanen et al. (38) | 2020 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| Fischer et al. (4) | 2021 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| Goyal et al. (39) | 2024 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| Tan et al. (40) | 2019 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Srinivasan et al. (41) | 2014 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Menon et al. (42) | 2025 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |