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. 2021 May 13;16(5):e0251326. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0251326

Table 5. Judgement of risk of bias in 6 domains applying QUIPS tool.

Study Risk of Bias in Study Participation Risk of Bias in Study Attrition Risk of Bias in Risk Factor Measurement Risk of Bias in Outcome Measurement Risk of Bias in Study Confounding Risk of Bias in Study Analysis and Reporting
Chou et al. 2007[42] low moderate high high low low
Chou et al. 2007[41] low moderate low low low low
Conde-Sala et. al 2019 [43] low high low low moderate low
Dong et al. 2019 [30] high high moderate moderate high low
Forsell 2000 [40] high high low high moderate low
Gureje et al. 2011 [18] low moderate low low high low
Jaussent et al. 2011 [34] moderate moderate low low low low
Kim et al. 2006 [28] high low moderate low moderate low
Kim et al. 2009 [45] low high low low high low
Koizumi et al. 2005 [21] moderate moderate high low moderate low
Lampinen et al. 2003 [38] moderate moderate high moderate high low
Lue et al. 2010 [26] moderate high moderate low high low
Luppa et al. 2012 [37] low moderate low low low low
Lyness et al. 2009 [29] high moderate low low high -
Makizako et al. 2015 [24] high moderate low low moderate low
Mossaheb et al. 2009 [31] moderate moderate high high high high
Petersson et al. 2014 [39] low moderate low high low moderate
Schoevers et al 2005 [36] moderate moderate low low moderate low
Schoevers et al. 2000 [35] moderate moderate low low moderate moderate
Tani et al. 2016 [22] low moderate moderate low moderate low
Tsutsumoto et al. 2016 [25] high moderate low low high low
Uemura et al. 2018[23] high moderate low low low low
Weyerer et al. 2013 [2] low moderate low low low low
Yang et al. 2015 [27] moderate high low low moderate low
Yokohama et al. 2010 [44] moderate high moderate low moderate low
Misawa et al. [20] high moderate moderate low moderate low
Ryan et al. 2015 [14] moderate high moderate low moderate low
Ojagbemi et al. 2018 [19] low moderate low low high low
Carrière et al. 2013 [33] moderate moderate low low high low
Ancelin et al. 2010 [32] low moderate moderate low moderate low

Judgement of risk of bias by the main author in 6 domains applying the criteria of QUIPS tool [50].