Table A1.
Appraisal of the Methodological Quality of Included Studies using the Methodological Quality Rating Scale (MQRS) following Consensus.
| Study | A. Study design | B. Replicability | C. Baseline | D. Quality control | E. Follow-up length | F. Dosage | G. Collaterals | H. Objective verification | I. Dropouts/attrition | J. Statistical power | K. Independent | L. Analyses | M. Multisite | |||||||||||
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| Bhatraju et al. (2020)13 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Brar et al. (2020)32 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Cushman et al. (2016)34 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Englander et al. (2019)17 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Marks et al. (2019)15 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Nordeck et al. (2018)18 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Patel et al. (2018)23 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Priest et al. (2020)24 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Suzuki (2016)33 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Suzuki et al. (2015)22 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Tang et al. (2020)16 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Thompson et al. (2019)27 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Trowbridge et al. (2017)19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Wang et al. (2020)25 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Weinstein et al. (2020)21 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Ray et al. (2020)26 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Wakeman et al. (2017)20 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||