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. 2021 Mar 19;18(6):3189. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18063189

Table 3.

Summary of the risk of bias.

Included Study Selection Bias Lack of Blinding Exposure Misclassification Outcome Misclassification Incomplete Exposure Data Incomplete Outcome Data Selective Reporting of Exposures Selective Reporting of Outcome Differences in Numerator and Denominator Conflict of Interest
Any health services use
Giatti 2008 * [22] + + + + + + + + ++ +
Giatti 2011 [23] + + + + + + + + ++ +
Le 2015 [24] - + - + + + ++ +
Miquillan 2013 [25] ++ + + + + + ++ +
Fatal occupational injuries
Lopez- Bonilla 2011 [26] + + ++ - - + -- + +
Mora 2011 [27] + + + + -- + - + +
Non-fatal occupational injuries
Cunningham 2012 [28] - + ++ + ++ - ++ - - +
Calys-Tagoe 2017 [29] - + - ++ - ++ + - +
Santana 2003 [30] + + + ++ + + + - ++ +
Depression
Abbas 2013 [31] + + ++ ++ ++ ++ + ++ +
Da Silva 2006 a [32] - + - + + ++ + ++ + +
Giatti 2008 * [22] + + + + + + + + ++ +
Musculoskeletal disorders
Da Silva 2006 b [33] - + - + ++ + + + + +

RoB-SPEO [19] risk of bias ratings: definitely low (++ dark green); probably low (+ light green); probably high (- pink); definitely high (-- red); no information (yellow). * This study reported evidence on two outcomes: any health services use and depression.