Table 3. Quality assessment of the included studies.
Study No. | Author | Year | Bias arising from the randomization process | Bias caused by deviations from intended interventions | Bias caused by missing outcome data | Bias in measurement of the outcome | Bias in selection of the reported result | Overall bias |
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1 | Aggarwal, et al. [35] | 2010 | + | ? | + | + | + | ? |
2 | Ghoddusi J, et al. [41] | 2018 | + | - | + | + | + | - |
3 | Saatchi M, et al. [42] | 2018 | + | + | + | + | + | + |
4 | Sharma R, et al. [43] | 2018 | + | - | + | - | + | - |
Legend: +, Low risk of bias; ?, Some concerns; −, High risk of bias.