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. 2012 Jul 5;7(7):e39503. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0039503

Table 5. Quality assessment scores for included studies.

Study Selection Bias Allocation Bias Confounders Blinding Data Collection Methods Withdrawals/Dropouts Analyses Global Rating
Polley et al. [54] MODERATE MODERATE MODERATE MODERATE WEAK MODERATE STRONG MODERATE
Asbee et al. [55] MODERATE STRONG STRONG MODERATE MODERATE MODERATE WEAK MODERATE
Huang et al. [56] MODERATE STRONG STRONG MODERATE MODERATE MODERATE WEAK MODERATE
Phelan et al. [57] MODERATE STRONG STRONG MODERATE STRONG STRONG STRONG STRONG
Wolff et al. [58] MODERATE MODERATE STRONG MODERATE MODERATE MODERATE MODERATE MODERATE