Table 5.
Excluded articles in the systematic review.
| Author (year) | Excluding reason |
|---|---|
| Lee et al. (2018) | Do not clearly sort the results by type of amblyopia |
| Portela et al. (2018) | Do not clearly sort the results by type of amblyopia |
| Kelly et al. (2018) | Do not clearly sort the results by type of amblyopia |
| Mezad-Koursh et al. (2018) | Do not clearly sort the results by type of amblyopia |
| Manh et al. (2018) | Do not clearly sort the results by type of amblyopia |
| Gao et al. (2018) | Do not clearly sort the results by type of amblyopia |
| Gao et al. (2018) | Do not clearly sort the results by type of amblyopia |
| Hamm et al. (2017) | The study includes anisometropic, strabismic, and deprivation amblyopia and those that do not sort the results by type of amblyopia |
| Barollo et al. (2017) | Is not a RCT or a NRSI |
| Bossi et al. (2017) | This study does not meet the inclusion criteria because only 7 of 22 children are anisometropic amblyopes and there is no control group, so we classified the study as case series |
| Dadeya et al. (2016) | Do not clearly sort the results by type of amblyopia |
| Kelly et al. (2016) | Do not clearly sort the results by type of amblyopia |
| Rajavi et al. (2016) | This study includes strabism until 10 diopters of deviation and do not sort the results by type of amblyopia |
| Holmes et al. (2016) | Do not clearly sort the results by type of amblyopia |
| Guo et al. (2016) | This study is an ongoing trial. In addition, it does not clearly sort the results by type of amblyopia |
| Webber et al. (2016) | Do not clearly sort the results by type of amblyopia |
| Herbison et al. (2016) | Do not clearly sort the results by type of amblyopia |
| Erbagci et al. (2015) | This study does not meet the inclusion criteria because authors do not use active visual therapy |
| Moseley et al. (2015) | This study does not meet the inclusion criteria because authors do not use active visual therapy |
| Hussain et al. (2014) | Only one child in the study has anisometropic amblyopia |
| Li et al. (2014) | This study includes strabismic children previously treated with glasses or surgery |
| Mansouri et al. (2014) | Do not clearly sort the results by type of amblyopia. Adults are included in the analysis |
| Herbison et al. (2013) | Do not clearly sort the results of the analysis by type of amblyopia. Only four children are anisometropic amblyopes |
| Foss et al. (2013) | Do not clearly sort the results by type of amblyopia |
| Lyon et al. (2013) | The objective of this study was to assess the adherence to treatment. There are no results about efficacy |
| Zhang et al. (2013) | This study does not meet the inclusion criteria because it is a retrospective study |
| Tijam et al. (2012) | Do not clearly sort the results by type of amblyopia |
| Knox et al. (2012) | Only two children are anisometropic amblyopes |
| Liu et al. (2011) | Do not clearly sort the results by type of amblyopia |
| Evans et al. (2011) | Do not clearly sort the results neither by type of amblyopia nor age |
| Wu et al. (2010) | This study does not meet the inclusion criteria. Authors do not use active visual therapy |
| Polat et al. (2009) | This study does not meet the inclusion criteria. It is a pilot study where 2 of 5 subjects have strabismus |
| Cleary et al. (2009) | Do not clearly sort the results by type of amblyopia |
| Awan et al. (2009) | This study does not meet the inclusion criteria because it is a retrospective study |