Table 2. Methodology quality of the included RCTs.
Study | Jadad score | ||||
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Randomization | Allocation concealment | Blinding | Attrition | Score | |
Liu 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Chen 2013 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 2.5 |
Jia 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Zhang 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Deng 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Ma 2013 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Zhang 2010 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Note: the Silan Chen paper states that two participants were lost in each group, but because no reasons were given, we gave them a 0.5 score for attrition. RCT, randomized clinical trial.