Table 6.
Quality assessment done using QUIN tool for the in vitro studies.
| S.no | Author (Year) | Clearly stated aims/objectives | Sample size calculation | Sampling technique | Comparison group | Explanation of methodology | Operator details | Randomization | Method of measurement of outcome | Outcome assessor details | Blinding | Statistical analysis | Presentation of results | Total | Quality |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Lipovsky et al., (2011) | * | * | ** | ** | ** | * | ** | * | ** | ** | * | * | 18 | Moderate |
| 2. | Kamonkhantikul et al., (2017) | * | * | ** | ** | ** | * | ** | ** | ** | ** | * | * | 19 | Moderate |
| 3. | Shafiee Nasab et al. (2018) | * | * | ** | ** | ** | * | ** | ** | ** | ** | * | * | 19 | Moderate |
| 4. | Raj et al. (2018) | ** | * | ** | * | ** | * | ** | * | ** | ** | * | * | 18 | Moderate |
| 5. | Fahmi et al. (2019) | ** | * | ** | ** | ** | * | ** | ** | ** | ** | * | * | 20 | Good |
| 6. | Abd Alwahab et al. (2020) | ** | * | ** | ** | ** | * | ** | ** | ** | ** | ** | * | 21 | Good |
| 7. | Collares et al. (2020) | ** | ** | ** | ** | ** | * | ** | ** | ** | ** | ** | * | 22 | Good |
| 8. | Mousavi et al., (2020) | ** | ** | ** | ** | ** | * | ** | ** | ** | ** | * | ** | 22 | Good |