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. 2017 Oct 6;12(10):e0184998. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0184998

Table 2. Assessment of risk of bias of the included studies.

Domain Flaxel et al. 2012 Gomi et al. 2012 Russo et al. 2013 Wyględowska-Promieńska et al., 2014 Semeraro et al. 2015 Wyględowska-Promieńska et al. 2015
Random sequence generation Low risk Low risk Low risk High risk Low risk High risk
Allocation concealment Unclear Unclear Unclear High risk Unclear High risk
Blinding for visual acuity
 Participants and personnel High risk Low risk High risk High risk High risk High risk
 Outcome assessment Low risk Low risk Low risk Low risk Low risk Low risk
Blinding for other outcomes
 Participants and personnel High risk Low risk High risk High risk High risk High risk
 Outcome assessment Low risk Low risk Low risk Low risk Low risk Low risk
Incomplete outcome data Low risk Low risk Low risk Low risk Low risk Low risk
Selective reporting Low risk Low risk Low risk Low risk Low risk Low risk
Other bias Low risk Low risk Low risk Low risk Low risk Low risk