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. 2020 Mar 5;11(8):1914–1934. doi: 10.1007/s12671-020-01342-5

Table 1.

Methodological quality of included studies

Study Did study include a comparison group?a Was the trial randomized? Was the randomization procedure described and was it appropriate? Was the treatment allocation concealed? Were groups similar at baseline on prognostic indicators? Were blind outcome assessments conducted? Was the number of withdrawals/dropouts in each group mentioned? In addition to stating the number of withdrawals/dropouts, were reasons given for each group? Was an analysis conducted on the intention-to-treat sample? Was a power calculation described? Jadad score (revised, maximum score = 4)
Bazarko et al. (2013) No No No No No No Yes No No No 0
Beaumont et al. (2016b) a No No No No No No No No No No 0
Beaumont et al. (2016b) b No No No No No No No No No No 0
Beaumont (2016b) c No No No No No No No No No No 0
Beck et al. (2017) Yes Yes No No Yes No No No No No 1
Bond et al. (2013) No No No No No No Yes No No No 0
Brooker et al. (2013) No No No No No No Yes No No No 0
Crowder and Sears (2017) Yes Yes No No Yes No Yes No No No 1
Danilewitz et al. (2016) Yes Yes No No Yes No Yes No No No 1
Duarte and Pinto-Gouveia (2016) Yes No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No 2
Erogul et al. (2014) Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes 4
Finlay-Jones et al. (2017) No No No No No No Yes No No Yes 0
Irving (2011) No No No No No No Yes Yes No No 1
Lopes et al. (2018) No No No No No No Yes No No Yes 0
Marx et al. (2014) No No No No No No Yes Yes No No 1
Mathad et al. (2017) Yes Yes No No Yes No Yes Yes No Yes 2
Pakenham (2015) No No No No No No Yes No No No 0
Penque (2009) No No No No No No Yes Yes No Yes 1
Raab et al. (2015) No No No No No No No No No No 0
Rao and Kemper (2017) No No No No No No No No No No 0
Rimes and Wingrove (2011) No No No No No No Yes Yes No No 1
Rodrigues et al. (2018) No No No No No No Yes Yes No No 1
Romcevich et al. (2018) No No No No No No Yes No No No 0
Runyan et al. (2016) No No No No No No Yes No No Yes 0
Scarlet et al. (2017) No No No No No No Yes Yes No No 1
Shapiro et al. (2007) Yes No No No Yes No Yes No No No 0
Shapiro et al. (2005) Yes Yes No No No No Yes Yes No No 2
Slatyer et al. (2017) Yes No No No Yes No Yes Yes No Yes 1
Stafford-Brown and Pakenham (2012) Yes No No No Yes No Yes Yes Yes No 1
Verweij et al. (2017) Yes Yes Yes No Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes 3

Columns in italics constitute the revised Jadad Scale

aNot part of Jadad scale, supplemented to provide context for scores