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. 2021 Jan 3;15(6):876–889. doi: 10.1007/s11764-020-00981-w

Table 2.

Assessment of methodological quality of the studies

Overall risk-of-bias judgement Bias arising from the randomization process Bias due to deviations from intended interventions Bias due to missing outcome data Bias in measurement of the outcome Bias in selection of the reported result
Howell et al., 2018 High Some concerns Some concerns High Low Low
Huang et al., 2014 Some concerns Some concerns Some concerns Low Low Low
Li et al., 2013 Low Low Low Low Low Low
Li et al., 2018 Low Low Low Low Low Low
Mendoza et al., 2017 Some concerns Some concerns Low Low Low Low
Sabel et al., 2016 Low Low Low Low Low Low
Stern et al., 2018 High Low Low High Low Low
Wu et al., 2019 High Low Low High Low Low

Each domain assigned a judgement of low risk of bias, high risk of bias, or unclear risk of bias