Table 4.
Risk of bias tool
Random sequence generation | Allocation concealment | Blinding of participants | Blinding of personnel | Blinding of outcome assessment | Incomplete outcome data | Selective reporting | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Crosby et al. [42] | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low |
Dean et al. [46] | High | High | High | Low | High | Low | Low |
Drake et al. [26] | High | High | High | Low | High | Low | Low |
Dworkin et al. [30] | High | High | High | Low | High | High | Low |
Frencher et al. [31] | High | High | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low |
Hendricks et al. [32] | High | High | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low |
Hess et al. [33] | High | High | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low |
Hess et al. [33] | High | High | High | Low | Low | Low | Low |
Hightow-Weidman et al. [34] | High | High | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low |
Hill et al. [27] | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low |
Hoffman et al. [35] | High | High | High | Low | High | Low | Low |
Hooker et al. [36] | High | High | High | Low | High | Low | Low |
Jones et al. [28] | High | High | Low | Low | Low | High | Low |
Klein et al. [37] | High | High | Low | Low | Low | High | Low |
Luque et al. [47] | High | High | High | Low | High | Low | Low |
Operario et al. [29] | High | High | High | Low | High | High | Low |
Park et al. [38] | High | High | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low |
Patel et al. [39] | High | High | High | Low | High | Low | Low |
Tobin et al. [43] | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low |
Treadwell et al. [40] | High | High | High | Low | High | High | Low |
Victor et al. [14] | High | High | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low |
Wilson et al. [41] | High | High | High | Low | High | Low | Low |
Wilson et al. [44] | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low |
Zhang et al. [45] | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low |
Risk was deemed “High” if insufficient information was given.