Table 1.
Risks of bias assessment
| Study | Selection bias | Performance bias Blinding of participants and personnel | Detection bias Blinding of outcome assessment | Attrition bias Incomplete outcome data | Reporting bias Selective reporting | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Random sequence generation | Allocation concealment | |||||
| van der Wijk et al. (1998) | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low |
| Takanashi et al. (2004) | Low | Unclear | Low | Unclear | Low | Low |
| Stoker et al. (2007) | Low | Unclear | Low | Unclear | Low | Low |
| Walton et al. (2009) | Low | Unclear | High | High | Low | Low |
| Cristache et al. (2012) | High | High | High | Low | Low | Low |
| Heydecke et al. (2005) | Low | Unclear | Low | Unclear | Low | Low |
| Zitzmann et al. (2006) | High | High | High | High | Low | Low |
| Della Vechia et al. (2017) | Low | Low | Low | Unclear | Low | Low |
| Jawad et al. (2017) | Low | High | High | Low | Low | Low |