Table 5. Quality assessment of RCTs.
Study | Selection | Performance | Detection | Attrition | Reporting | Other sources of bias | |||||
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Randomized method | Allocation concealment | Blinding of participants | Blinding of assessment | Incompleteness of data | Selective outcome reporting | ||||||
Gralla et al., 2007 | Unclear | Unclear | High risk | High risk | Low risk | Low risk | Low risk | ||||
Ahmed et al., 2011 | Unclear | Unclear | High risk | High risk | Low risk | Low risk | Low risk |
The quality of identified RCTs were assessed by the Cochrane risk of bias tool. RCT, randomized controlled trial.