Table 1.
Study | Study design | Interventions | ||||||
|
Objective described | Evident and appropriate study design | Participant selection described and appropriate | Participant characteristics described | Random allocation described | Blinding of investigators reported | Blinding of participants reported | |
Adcock et al [6] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | N/Aa | N/A | |
Alnobani et al [7] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Partial | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
Amodeo et al [8] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
Becevic et al [9] | Partial | Partial | No | Partial | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
Bettinelli et al [10] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Partial | N/A | N/A | |
Burke et al [11] | Partial | Partial | Partial | Partial | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
Duan et al [12] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
Frazzitta et al [13] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | N/A | N/A | |
Garingo et al [14] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
Garingo et al [15] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
Goldberg et al [16] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
Holsti et al [17] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | N/A | |
Holt et al [18] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
Ito et al [19] | Yes | Yes | Partial | Partial | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
Lazzara et al [20] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
Marini et al [21] | Yes | Yes | Partial | Partial | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
Marttos et al [22] | Yes | Yes | Partial | Partial | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
McNelis et al [23] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
Murray et al [24] | No | No | No | No | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
Prokazova et al [25] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | N/A | N/A | |
Reynolds et al [26] | Yes | Yes | Partial | Partial | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
Rincon et al [27] | Yes | Yes | Partial | Partial | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
Rocca et al [28] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | N/A | N/A | |
Rogove et al [29] | Yes | Yes | Partial | Partial | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
Ruiz-Del-Solar et al [30] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Partial | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
Shimizu et al [31] | Partial | Partial | Partial | Partial | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
Sucher et al [32] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Partial | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
Summerfield et al [33] | Yes | Yes | Partial | Yes | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
Vespa et al [34] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
Wang et al [35] | Yes | Yes | Partial | Partial | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
Williams et al [36] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Ye et al [37] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
Zeiler et al [38] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | N/A | N/A | N/A |
aN/A: not applicable.