Table 3.
Reporting of outcomes according to the seven point assessment criteria
| Study | Outcomes reported | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clinical goals | Efficacy | Adverse effects | PROMs | Longevity | Practicality | Costs | |
| Qudeimat and Sasa (2015) | ✓ | ✓ | |||||
| Garg et al. (2014) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Gulec et al. (2014) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Nidhi et al. (2012) | ✓ | ✓ | |||||
| Tunc et al. (2012) | ✓ | ✓ | |||||
| Owais et al. (2011) | ✓ | ✓ | |||||
| Sasa et al. (2009) | ✓ | ✓ | |||||
| Subaramaniam et al. (2008) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| Fathian et al. (2007) | ✓ | ✓ | |||||
| Moore and Kennedy (2006) | ✓ | ✓ | |||||
| Yilmaz et al. (2006) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| Tulunoglu et al. (2005) | ✓ | ||||||
| Kargul et al. (2005) | ✓ | ✓ | |||||
| Kirzioglu and Erturk (2004) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Simsek et al. (2004) | ✓ | ✓ | |||||
| Rajab (2002) | ✓ | ✓ | |||||
| Brill (2002) | ✓ | ✓ | |||||
| Qudeimat and Fayle (1998) | ✓ | ✓ | |||||
| Baroni et al. (1994) | ✓ | ✓ | |||||
| Santos et al. (1993) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Total studies reporting outcome | 0 | 5 | 16 | 3 | 20 | 4 | 1 |