Table 2.
Quality assessment of the included pre-post studies.
First author, year of publication | Selection bias | Study design | Confounders | Blinding | Data collection | Withdrawals | Risk of bias |
Everett et al, 2018 [20] | Moderate | Moderate | Weak | Weak | Weak | Strong | High |
Kim and Kang, 2013 [21] | Moderate | Moderate | Weak | Weak | Strong | Strong | High |
Kim et al, 2014 [22] | Strong | Moderate | Weak | Weak | Strong | Strong | High |
Stuckey et al, 2013 [27] | Moderate | Weak | Weak | Weak | Strong | Strong | High |