Table 4.
Jadad scale assessment of the included studies.
| Study (First author et al.) | Randomization (0–2) | Blinding (0–2) | Withdrawals/Dropouts (0–1) | Total Jadad Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Balasubramanian et al. (40) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Graff et al. (34) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Vendt et al. (115) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Baroncelli et al. (119) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Thacher et al. (42) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Al-Atawi et al. (47) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Al-Mekhlafi et al. (41) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Jain et al. (45) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Ndemwa et al. (113) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Aggarwal et al. (39) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Hotz et al. (108) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Aggarwal et al. (36) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Aggarwal et al. (36) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Al-Mekhlafi et al. (97) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Thacher et al. (35) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| Uijterschout et al. (114) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Wheeler et al. (46) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Hess et al. (104) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Abrha et al. (100) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Tariku et al. (105) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Van Der Kam et al. (49) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| El Kholy et al. (33) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Naik et al. (37) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| Huybregts et al. (48) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Powers et al. (98) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Leidman et al. (110) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Ahmed et al. (43) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Acoglu et al. (44) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Stewart et al. (99) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Trivedi et al. (38) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| Yisak et al. (107) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Ajakaye et al. (112) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Atukunda et al. (103) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Nigusse and Gebretsadik (101) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Williams et al. (106) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Abou-Rizk et al. (109) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Benedict et al. (22) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Chee et al. (117) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Soofi et al. (62) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Dewey et al. (50) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Sangalang et al. (7) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Chek et al. (8) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Cazes et al. (58) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Daures et al. (55) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Tamara et al. (56) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| Vilander et al. (61) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Liu et al. (66) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Kohl et al. (67) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Taneja et al. (71) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Wang et al. (73) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| Rashid et al. (118) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Datoo et al. (76) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| Smith et al. (77) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Alam et al. (79) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| Saluja et al. (9) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Wangeci (81) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Goyal et al. (85) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| O’Callaghan et al. (87) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Cashman et al. (89) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Yadav et al. (91) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| Okyere et al. (102) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Kambale et al. (6) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Lambrecht et al. (52) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Grijalva-Eternod et al. (53) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Hojati et al. (54) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Tickell et al. (57) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Cazes et al. (51) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Batool et al. (59) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| Bhargava et al. (63) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Argaw et al. (65) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Nuzhat et al. (69) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| Gebretsadik et al. (74) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Dabas et al. (1) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Wu et al. (80) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Gora et al. (86) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Roberson et al. (88) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Wiafe et al. (96) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Jeremias et al. (111) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Andriani et al. (116) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Sié et al. (70) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Ricci et al. (72) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Lautatzis et al. (2) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Mondal et al. (82) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Reyes et al. (83) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Ganmaa et al. (84) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| Khalil et al. (90) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Bashiri et al. (92) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| Raju et al. (93) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| Kirolos et al. (64) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Rahman et al. (60) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Ow et al. (68) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Khadilkar et al. (75) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| George et al. (78) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Sharma et al. (94) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Matheny et al. (95) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |