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. 2018 Mar 15;44(6):819–827. doi: 10.1007/s00068-018-0942-7

Table 2.

Cochrane Collaboration’s tool for assessing risk of bias

First author Selection bias Performance bias Detection bias Attrition bias Reporting bias Other bias
Random sequence generation Allocation concealment Blinding of participants and personnell Blinding of outcome assessment Incomplete outcome data Selective reporting
Majumdar [24] + + +
Morales [22] + + + + +
Muslim [25] + ? + + ?

+ low risk of bias, − high risk of bias, ? unknown risk of bias