Table 3.
Quality assessment of the included randomized controlled trials.
First author, year of publication | Selection bias | Performance bias | Detection bias | Attrition bias | Reporting bias | Other bias | Risk of bias |
Azar et al, 2016 [19] | Low | High | Unclear | Low | Low | Low | Moderate |
Luley et al, 2014 [23] | Unclear | High | High | Low | Unclear | Low | High |
Mann et al, 2016 [24] | High | High | High | Low | Low | Unclear | High |
Oh et al, 2015 [25] | Low | Unclear | Unclear | Low | Low | Low | Low |
Petrella et al, 2014 [26] | High | High | High | Low | Low | Unclear | High |