Table 2.
Risk of bias assessment cluster RCTs Cluster RCTs.
Selection bias: allocation concealment | Performance bias: blinding of participants and personnel | Detection bias: blinding of outcome assessment | Attrition bias: incomplete outcome data | Reporting bias: selective reporting | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Zaman et al. (22) | ![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
Bassichetto and Réa (13) | ![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
Moore et al. (14) | ![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
Pelto et al. (19) | ![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
Santos et al. (15) | ![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
Penny et al. (23) | ![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
+ Indicates low risk of bias, − indicates high risk of bias, and ? indicate unclear risk of bias.