Table 4.
Quality assessment checklist (Jadad scale tool).
Author | Randomization Reported? | Random sequence generation? (selection bias) | Allocation Concealment (selection bias) | Blinding reported? Who is blinded? (performance/ detection bias) | Withdrawals/ dropouts described? | Percentage of Follow up (Attrition bias) |
1-Wolf et al | Yes | Yes | By blocks | No | None reported | 100 |
2-Sahota et al | Yes | YesBy random numbers | Yes.Central web unit at the university. | Yes,Researchers and analyst | 5.6% in intervention group | 93% |
3-Shorr et al | Yes | Yes.By random numbers | By independent statistician | Yes | None reported | 100 |
4-Kwok et al | Yes | YesBy random numbers | Yes.Sealed envelopes. | Yes | None reported | 100 |