Table 3.
The table displays, for each included study, the risk-of-bias judgment for each of the six domains of bias and for the overall risk of bias
| Study | Bias arising from the randomization process | Bias arising from period and carryover effects (crossover trials only) | Bias due to deviations from intended interventions | Bias due to missing outcome data | Bias in the measurement of the outcome | Bias in the selection of the reported result | Overall risk of bias |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cotelli et al. (2014) | Some concerns | Not applicable | High | Low | Low | Some concerns | High |
| McConathey et al. (2017) | Some concerns | Low | High | High | Low | Some concerns | High |
| Roncero et al. (2017) | Some concerns | High | Low | Low | Low | Some concerns | High |
| Ferrucci et al. (2018) | Some concerns | High | Low | Low | Low | Some concerns | High |
| Hosseini et al. (2019) | Some concerns | Low | High | Low | Some concerns | Some concerns | High |
| Benussi et al. (2020) | Low | Not applicable | Low | Low | Low | Some concerns | Some concerns |
| de Aguiar et al., (2020a, 2020b) | Some concerns | Not applicable | Low | Low | Low | High | High |
| Pytel et al. (2021) | Some concerns | Not applicable | Low | Low | Low | Some concerns | Some concerns |
| Nissim et al. (2022) | Some concerns | Some concerns | High | Low | Some concerns | Some concerns | High |
| Wang et al. (2022) | Some concerns | Not applicable | Low | High | Low | High | High |
| Borrego-Ecija et al. (2023) | Some concerns | Low | High | High | Low | Some concerns | High |
| Huang et al. (2023) | Low | Not applicable | Low | Low | Low | Some concerns | Some concerns |