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. 2020 Sep 1;20(5):36. doi: 10.3892/etm.2020.9163

Table III.

Risk of bias in included studies.

A, RCTs
First author, year (Ref.) Random sequence generation Allocation concealment Blinding of participants and personnel Blinding of outcome assessment Incomplete outcome data Selective reporting Other bias
Lim 2014(19) Low risk Low risk High risk High risk Low risk Unclear risk Low risk
Charette 2015(18) Low risk Low risk High risk High risk Low risk Unclear risk Low risk
Büyükyilmaz 2013(17) Unclear risk Unclear risk High risk High risk Low risk Unclear risk Low risk
B, Non-RCTs
Study Bias in selection of participants Bias due to confounding Bias in classification of intervention Bias due to deviations from intended interventions Bias due to missing data Bias in measurement of outcomes Bias due to selective outcome reporting
Schneider 2018(20) High risk Unclear risk Low risk Unclear risk Low risk High risk Unclear risk
Lim 2017(21) Unclear risk Unclear risk Low risk Unclear risk Low risk High risk Unclear risk

RCT, randomized controlled trial.