TABLE 5.
Summary of methodological qualities of the included studies.
| Study | 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 | Overall risk-of bias judgment |
| V-SRP | ||||||
| Lou et al., 2004 (TMS portion) | L | SC | L | SC | SC | SC |
| Lou et al., 2010 | L | L | SC | L | SC | SC |
| Schäfer and Frings, 2019 | L | L | SC | L | SC | SC |
| Kwan et al., 2007 | L | L | L | L | SC | SC |
| Barrios et al., 2008 | L | L | L | SC | SC | SC |
| Luber et al., 2012 | L | L | SC | L | SC | SC |
| Mainz et al., 2020 | L | L | L | L | SC | SC |
| De Raedt et al., 2017 | L | L | L | L | SC | SC |
| Dedoncker et al., 2019 | L | L | L | SC | SC | SC |
| De Pisapia et al., 2019 | L | L | L | L | SC | SC |
| NV-SRP | ||||||
| Uddin et al., 2006 | L | L | L | L | SC | SC |
| Heinisch et al., 2011 | L | L | L | L | SC | SC |
| Heinisch et al., 2012 | L | L | L | L | SC | SC |
| Payne and Tsakiris, 2017 | L | L | L | L | SC | SC |
| Tsakiris et al., 2008 | L | SC | L | L | SC | SC |
| Kammers et al., 2009 | L | L | L | L | SC | SC |
| Wold et al., 2014 | L | L | SC | L | SC | SC |
| Karabanov et al., 2017 | L | SC | L | L | SC | SC |
| Convento et al., 2018 | L | L | L | L | SC | SC |
| Bassolino et al., 2018 | L | L | L | L | SC | SC |
| della Gatta et al., 2016 | L | SC | L | L | SC | SC |
| Fossataro et al., 2018 | L | L | L | L | SC | SC |
| Hornburger et al., 2019 | L | L | L | L | SC | SC |
| Lira et al., 2018 | L | L | L | L | SC | SC |
| Peviani et al., 2018 | L | SC | L | L | SC | SC |
| Sagliano et al., 2019 | L | L | L | L | SC | SC |
| Pollatos et al., 2016 | L | L | L | L | SC | SC |