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. 2017 Aug 24;2017:9012929. doi: 10.1155/2017/9012929

Table 3.

Risk of bias assessment based on the Cochrane handbook.

Included studies Random sequence generation Concealment of allocation Blinding of participants and personnel Blinding of outcome assessment Incomplete
outcome data
Selective reporting Other bias Risk of bias
Song et al., 2009 [30] ? ? ? + ? + High
Hu, 2011 [31] ? ? ? ? ? + High
Sun et al., 2012 [32] ? ? ? ? ? + High
Li, 2013 [33] ? ? ? ? ? ? High
Zhang, 2016 [34] ? ? ? ? ? + High
Shen, 2016 [35] + ? ? ? ? + High

+: low risk of bias; —: high risk of bias; ?: unclear risk of bias.