Table 3.
Study | Random sequence generation | Classification hiding | Blind method | Withdrawal and Lost to Follow-up | ITT analysis | Baseline comparison | Quality level |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Song et al. (9) | Adopt | Described | Double-blind | Not described | Adopt | Described | Grade A |
Li et al. (10) | Adopt | Not described | Single-blind | Not described | Adopt | Described | Grade B |
Chen et al. (11) | Adopt | Not described | Single-blind | Not described | Adopt | Described | Grade B |
Zhang et al. (12) | Adopt | Not described | Single-blind | Not described | Adopt | Described | Grade B |
Li et al. (13) | Adopt | Not described | Single-blind | Described | Adopt | Described | Grade A |
Liu et al. (14) | Adopt | Not described | Double-blind | Not described | Adopt | Described | Grade B |
Du et al. (15) | Adopt | Not described | Single-blind | Not described | Adopt | Described | Grade B |
Chen et al. (16) | Adopt | Not described | Single-blind | Not described | Adopt | Described | Grade B |
Zhang et al. (17) | Adopt | Not described | Single-blind | Not described | Adopt | Described | Grade B |
Liu et al. (18) | Adopt | Not described | Single-blind | Not described | Adopt | Described | Grade B |