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. 2022 May 8;14(5):e24823. doi: 10.7759/cureus.24823

Table 2. Summary of the Newcastle Ottawa Scale for the included clinical trials studies.

Good quality: 3 or 4 stars in selection domain AND 1 or 2 stars in comparability domain AND 2 or 3 stars in outcome/exposure domain

Fair quality: 2 stars in selection domain AND 1 or 2 stars in comparability domain AND 2 or 3 stars in outcome/exposure domain

Poor quality: 0 or 1 star in selection domain OR 0 stars in comparability domain OR 0 or 1 stars in outcome/exposure domain

# Study (Year) Selection Comparability Outcome Overall Grade
1 Al-Najar et al. (2017) [32] *** * ** Good
2 Chahal et al. (2019) [23] *** * *** Good
4 Mautner et al. (2019) [33] *** * ** Good
3 Wells et al. (2021) [16] *** * *** Good