Table 2. Risk of bias.
Risk of bias assessment related to included studies (modified from Lopes et al., 2012).
| Included studies | Criteria | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Total | |
| Bradbury & Forman (2012) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Chou et al. (2015) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Crotin et al. (2013) | 1 | 1 | 1 | U | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Crotin et al. (2014) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Dale et al. (2007) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Erickson et al. (2016) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Escamilla et al. (2007) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Freeston et al. (2014) | 0 | 1 | 1 | U | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Grantham et al. (2014) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Keeley, Barber & Oliver (2010) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Keeley et al. (2017) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Lyman et al. (2001) | 0 | 1 | 1 | U | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Lyman et al. (2002) | 1 | 1 | 1 | U | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Makhni et al. (2014) | 1 | 1 | 1 | U | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| Mullaney et al. (2005) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Murray et al. (2001) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Oliver & Plummer (2010) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Oliver, Weimar & Henning (2016) | 0 | 1 | 1 | U | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Sonne & Keir (2016) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Tripp, Yochem & Uhl (2007) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Wang et al. (2016) | 1 | 1 | 0 | U | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Warren, Szymanski & Landers (2015) | 0 | 1 | 1 | U | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Whiteside et al. (2016) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Yang et al. (2014) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| Yang et al. (2016) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Note:
Scoring: “low risk of bias” = 1, “high risk of bias” = 0, “unable to determine” = U (scored as 0)