Table 2. The risks of bias of the included trials.
Source | Sequence generation | Allocation concealment | Patients blinded | Health care providers blinded | Data collectors blinded | Outcome assessors blinded | Incomplete outcome data | Selective reporting | Other bias | Overall risk |
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De Oliveira, 2011 [32] | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low | Unclear | Low | High |
Murphy, 2011a [34] | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low | Unclear | Unclear | Low | High |
Murphy, 2011b [33] | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low | Unclear | Low | Unclear | High |
Pauls, 2015 [31] | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low | High | Unclear | High | High |