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 |