Table 3. Methodological quality of the included studies.
First Author, Year | Random sequence generation | Allocation concealment | Blinding of participants and personnel | Blinding of outcome assessment | Incomplete outcome data | Selective reporting | Other source of bias |
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Sanders 2008[16] | Computer-generated | Pharmacy | Low risk | High risk | Low risk | Low risk | Unclear |
Slobbe 2010[17] | Computer-generated | Pharmacy | Low risk | Low risk | Low risk | Low risk | Unclear |
Broom 2012[18] | Computer-generated | Central distribution | High risk | High risk | Low risk | Low risk | Unclear |
Yang 2013[19] | Unclear | Unclear | High risk | High risk | Low risk | Unclear | Unclear |
Sun 2014[20] | Computer-generated | Unclear | High risk | High risk | Low risk | Low risk | Unclear |
Worth 2014[21] | Unclear | Unclear | High risk | High risk | Low risk | Unclear | Unclear |
Schoot 2015[22] | Computer-generated | Central distribution | Low risk | Low risk | Low risk | Low risk | Unclear |
Souweine 2015[23] | Unclear | Unclear | Low risk | High risk | Low risk | Low risk | Unclear |
Salonen 2017[24] | Computer-generated | Unclear | Low risk | Low risk | Low risk | Low risk | Unclear |