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. 2022 Jul;11(2):24–36. doi: 10.52547/wjps.11.2.24

Table 4.

Summary of findings and Grade of Evidence Rating

Included studies Quality assessment
First author year No. of studies/
subjects
Study design Risk of bias Imprecision Inconsistency Indirectness Publication bias Other considerations Quality of evidence
SICPRE1 2018 45 non-systematic review very seriousa,e seriousb very seriousk seriousd undetected none very low
SCOTTISH4 2008 218 systematic review very seriousa,f,h not serious not serious very seriousg undetected none moderate
ISS8 2011 215 systematic review very seriousa,h not serious not serious very seriousg likelyi none moderate
Vasconcelos13 2017 346 retrospective very seriousj very seriousl seriousk not serious undetected events distribution does not consent a proper statistical analysis very low
Eberlin KR3 2015 20 non-systematic review very seriousa,c not serious very seriousm very seriousg undetected none very low
Zapata- Copete J11 2017 5 meta-analysis seriouse very seriousl not serious not serious undetected none moderate
Huang9 2015 12 meta-analysis seriousc not serious very seriousm not serious undetected none low
Phillips10 2016 7 systematic review seriousc seriousb very seriousk,m seriousd undetected none very low
Metcalfe14 2015 4 meta-analysis seriousn,o not serious not serious not serious undetected none moderate
AICPE12 2015 / narrative review very seriousa,c,f / very seriousm very seriousg likely absence of references does not consent critical analysis very low
Robinson25 2019 22 experimental very seriousn,o very seriousl not serious seriousp undetected none very low
Patel23 2012 1/16 case report / non-systematic review very seriousa,c seriousb very seriousk,m seriousg undetected none very low
Herlin24 2016 41 systematic review very seriousa,c seriousb very seriousk,m very seriousg undetected none very low
Yaffe15 2014 42 narrative review very seriousa,c,f very seriousb very seriousk,m very seriousg likely none very low
Aryan5 2015 67 systematic review very seriousa,f,q seriousr not serious seriouss undetected none moderate
NICE16 2019 3 systematic review seriousf seriousb seriousk not serious undetected none moderate
Ramos17 2017 19 systematic review very seriousc,e,j,n,o seriousb very seriousk,m not serious undetected none very low
Barajas-Nava18 2013 35 systematic review seriousn,o seriousb seriousm seriouss undetected none low
Avni19 2010 17 meta-analysis seriouse,o seriousb,r seriousm seriousg,s undetected none low
Chahed21 2014 80 prospective very seriousa,c,n,t not serious very seriousk,m seriousg undetected none very low
Csenkey20 2019 6 meta-analysis very seriousa,b,e seriousb seriousk seriousg likely none low