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. 2019 Nov 15;10:1010. doi: 10.3389/fphar.2019.01010

Table 2.

Risk of bias assessment in each study according Cochrane Collaboration Tool.

Author (Year) Selection Bias Performance bias Detection bias Attrition bias Reporting bias Others
Randomization Allocation concealment Blinding of participants and staff Blinding of outcome assessors and results Monitoring, exclusion and abandonment Selective reporting of results Other biases
Smolen et al. (2018)* Low Low Low Low Low Low Low
Jorgensen et al. (2017)* Low Low Low Low Low Low Low
Tanaka (2017) High High High High Low Low Low
Yoo et al. (2017) High High High High Low Low Low
Park et al. (2017) High High High High Low Low Low

* These articles respond directly PICOs question.