| AMSTAR criteria (yes, partial yes, no) |
Study |
| Deng et al. [15] |
| Did the research questions and inclusion criteria for the review include patient/problem, intervention, comparison, and outcome (PICO) components? |
Yes |
| Did the report of the review contain an explicit statement that pointed to the fact of the establishment of the methods before conducting the review? |
Yes |
| Did the review authors explain their selection of the study designs for inclusion in the review? |
Yes |
| Did the review authors use a comprehensive literature search strategy? |
Yes |
| Did the review authors perform study selection in duplicate? |
Yes |
| Did the review authors perform data extraction in duplicate? |
Partial yes |
| Did the review authors provide a list of excluded studies and justify the exclusions? |
Yes |
| Did the review authors describe the included studies in adequate detail? |
Partial yes |
| Did the review authors use a satisfactory technique for assessing the risk of bias in the included studies? |
Yes |
| Did the review authors report on the funding sources for the studies included in the review? |
Yes |
| If a meta-analysis was performed, did the review authors use appropriate methods for the statistical combination of results? |
Partial yes |
| If a meta-analysis was performed, did the review authors estimate the influence of risk of bias in one study over the meta-analysis findings? |
Partial yes |
| Did the review authors account for the risk of bias in individual studies when interpreting/discussing the results of the review? |
Yes |
| Did the review authors provide a satisfactory explanation for any kind of inconsistency seen in the results section? |
Yes |
| Did the review authors report any potential sources of conflict of interest in order to conduct this review? |
No |
| Total score |
12/15 |
