Table 5.
Cochrane risk of bias assessment in k = 4 RCTs
| Study | Random sequence generation (selection bias) | Allocation concealment selection bias) | Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias) | Blinding of outcome assessors (detection bias) | Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) | Selective reporting (reporting bias) | Other bias |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dinur-Klein et al., 2014 [18] | LOW | LOW | LOW | LOW | LOW | LOW | HIGH |
| Ceccanti et al., 2015 [20] | LOW | LOW | LOW | LOW | UNCLEAR | LOW | HIGH |
| Bolloni et al., 2016 [24] | UNCLEAR | UNCLEAR | LOW | LOW | HIGH | LOW | LOW |
| Addolorato et al., 2017 [25] | LOW | LOW | LOW | LOW | LOW | LOW | LOW |