Table 4.
Quality assessment of the included studies using the Jadad scale
ID | Was the study described as randomized?* | Was the study described as a double blind?* | Was there a description of withdrawal and dropouts?* | The randomization scheme described and appropriate* | The method of double blinding described and appropriate* | The randomization scheme described and inappropriate** | The method of double blinding described and inappropriate** | Total score |
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Raeissadat et al. 2018 (4) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
Duymus et al. 2016 (19) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Giombini et al. 2016 (17) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Invernizzi et al. 2017 (9) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Auerbach et al. 2002 (18) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 |
Momenzadeh et al. 2014 (23) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |