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. 2018 Jan 2;13(1):e0190354. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0190354

Table 3. Risk of bias in the included trials.

Sequence generation Allocation concealment Patients blinded Health care providers blinded Data collectors blinded Outcome assessors blinded Incomplete outcome data Selective reporting Other bias Summary
Birbicer 2007 [18] Unclear Unclear Low Low Unclear Unclear Unclear Low Low Unclear
Elshal 2009 [19] Unclear Low Unclear Low Low Low Low Unclear Low Unclear
Kim 2014 [20] Low Unclear Low Low Low Low Low Low Low Unclear
Yousef 2014 [21] Unclear Unclear Low Unclear Low Low Unclear Low Low Unclear
Sridhar 2017 [16] Unclear Unclear Low Unclear Unclear Low Unclear Low Low Unclear
Askar 2017 [17] Low Unclear Low Low Low Low Unclear Low Low Unclear