| Random sequence generation (selection bias) |
Unclear risk |
No description of random sequence generation was provided. |
| Allocation concealment (selection bias) |
Unclear risk |
No description of allocation concealment was provided. |
| Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias) |
High risk |
Blinding of participants and personnel was not possible due to the nature of the intervention and study design. |
| Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) |
Unclear risk |
No description of blinding of outcome assessment was provided. |
| Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) |
Unclear risk |
No description of reporting outcome data incompletely or attrition bias was provided. |
| Selective reporting (reporting bias) |
Low risk |
No evidence of reporting outcomes selectively was detected. |
| Other bias |
Low risk |
No other potential biases detected. |