Table A4.
Quality Assessment of Controlled Intervention Studies (QACIS) scoring details for each of the randomized control trials (RCT) studies.
| Citation | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Q5 | Q6 | Q7 | Q8 | Q9 | Q10 | Q11 | Q12 | Q13 | Q14 | Quality Assessment Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lindseth et al., 2013 [41] | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 (NR) | 1 | 0 (NR) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
| Karl et al., 2015 [42] | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 (NR) | 1 | 0 (NR) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| Lindseth & Murray, 2016 [18] | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 (NR) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
| Zhou et al., 2016 [17] | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| Total Score of each question | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
NA (Not applicable); NR (Not reported); Quality Assessment Domains: Q1–3. Selection bias; Q4, 6, 9, 10. Performance bias; Q5. Detection bias; Q7, 8, 14. Attrition bias; Q11, 13 Reporting bias.