Table 2. Quality assessment of the included RCTs.
Kuntz et al. | Naspro et al. | Zhang et al. | Geavlete et al. | Rao et al. | Chen et al. | Ou et al. | |
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Was the study described as randomized? | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Was the method of randomization described and appropriate? | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Was the study described as double blind? | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Was the method of blinding described and appropriate? | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Was there a description of withdrawals and dropouts? | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Total | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |