Table 3.
Study quality and reporting of randomized clinical trial included studies.
| Reference | Study Quality | Score (0–5) |
Study Reporting | Score (0–10) |
Total Score (0–15) |
Study Quality Classification |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6a | 6b | 6c | 7 | 8a | 8b | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | |||||
| Khammassi et al. [30] | + | − | + | + | − | 3 | − | − | − | − | − | − | + | NA | − | + | 2 | 5 | Low |
| Toohey et al. [63] | + | + | + | − | + | 4 | + | − | + | − | + | + | + | − | + | + | 7 | 11 | High |
| Wahl et al. [44] | − | − | − | − | − | 0 | − | − | − | − | + | + | + | NA | − | + | 4 | 4 | Low |
| Dorneles et al. [41] | + | − | − | − | − | 1 | − | − | − | − | − | − | + | NA | + | + | 3 | 4 | Low |
| Werner et al. [42] | + | − | + | + | − | 3 | − | − | − | − | + | + | + | − | − | + | 4 | 7 | Low |
| de Souza et al. [46] | + | + | − | − | − | 2 | − | − | − | − | + | + | + | − | − | + | 4 | 6 | Low |
| Jamurtas et al. [45] | − | − | − | − | − | 0 | − | − | − | − | − | − | + | NA | − | + | 2 | 2 | Low |
| Sheykhlouvand et al. [65] | + | − | + | − | − | 2 | − | − | − | − | − | − | + | NA | − | + | 2 | 4 | Low |
| Bartlett et al. [66] | − | − | + | + | − | 2 | − | − | − | − | − | − | + | NA | − | + | 2 | 4 | Low |
| Krüger et al. [49] | + | − | − | − | − | 1 | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | NA | − | + | 1 | 2 | Low |
| Tsai et al. [67] | + | − | − | − | − | 1 | + | − | + | − | + | + | + | + | + | + | 8 | 9 | Fair |
| Turner et al. [50] | − | − | − | − | − | 0 | − | − | + | − | − | − | + | NA | − | + | 3 | 3 | Low |
| Davison. [24] | − | − | − | − | − | 0 | − | − | − | − | + | + | + | − | − | − | 3 | 3 | Low |
+, meet the criteria; −, do not meet the criteria; NA, not applicable.