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. 2020 Oct;9(5):1735–1746. doi: 10.21037/gs-20-404

Table S1. Quality assessment of included studies.

Study Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 Q11 Q12 Q13 Q14 Quality rating
Bak 2015 Yes Yes NR Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes NR Yes Yes Good
Bohacek 2012 Yes Yes NR Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes NR Yes Yes Good
Bongiovanni 2012 Yes Yes NR Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No NR Yes Yes Fair
Cristo 2016 Yes Yes NR Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes NR Yes Yes Good
Faquin 2016 Yes Yes NR Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No NR Yes Yes Fair
Guney 2017 Yes Yes NR Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes NR Yes Yes Good
Guo 2017 Yes Yes NR Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes NR Yes Yes Fair
Jo 2010 Yes Yes NR Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes NR Yes Yes Good
Krauss 2016 Yes Yes NR Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes NR Yes Yes Good
Nayar 2009 Yes Yes NR Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes NR Yes Yes Good
Olson 2013 Yes Yes NR Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes NR Yes Yes Good
Paajanen 2017 Yes Yes NR Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes NR Yes Yes Fair
Renshaw 2010 Yes Yes NR Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No NR Yes Yes Fair
Sullivan 2014 Yes Yes NR Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes NR Yes Yes Good
Tepeoglu 2014 Yes Yes NR Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes NR Yes Yes Fair
Theoharis 2009 Yes Yes NR Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes NR Yes Yes Good
Ugurluoglu 2015 Yes Yes NR Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes NR Yes Yes Good
Wu 2007 Yes Yes NR Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes NR Yes Yes Good
Wu 2012 Yes Yes NR Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes NR Yes Yes Good
Yang 2007 Yes Yes NR Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes NR Yes Yes Good
Yassa 2007 Yes Yes NR Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes NR Yes Yes Good
Zhou 2018 Yes Yes NR Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes NR Yes Yes Good
Alabdulqader 2015 Yes Yes NR Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes NR Yes Yes Fair
Al-Abbadi 2013 Yes Yes NR Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes NR Yes Yes Fair
Al Dawish 2017 Yes Yes NR Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes NR Yes Yes Good
Arul 2015 Yes Yes NR Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes NR Yes Yes Fair
Bhartiya 2016 Yes Yes NR Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes NR Yes Yes Fair
Bychkov 2018 Yes Yes NR Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No NR Yes Yes Good
Kannan 2017 Yes Yes NR Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No NR Yes Yes Poor
Kim 2011 Yes Yes NR Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes NR Yes Yes Fair
Kim 2017 Yes Yes NR Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes NR Yes Yes Good
Kim 2018 Yes Yes NR Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes NR Yes Yes Good
Lee 2017 Yes Yes NR Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No NR Yes Yes Fair
Limlunjakorn 2017 Yes Yes NR Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes NR Yes Yes Good
Liu 2017 Yes Yes NR Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No NR Yes Yes Fair
Mahajan 2017 Yes Yes NR Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No NR Yes Yes Fair
Mehra 2015 Yes Yes NR Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes NR Yes Yes Fair
Mondal 2013 Yes Yes NR Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes NR Yes Yes Good
Mufti 2012 Yes Yes NR Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes NR Yes Yes Fair
Naz 2014 Yes Yes NR Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes NR Yes Yes Fair
Satoh 2017 Yes Yes NR Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes NR Yes Yes Good