Table 2.
Methodologic quality of the included randomized controlled trials
| Questions |
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| Authors | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Q5 | Q6 | Q7 | Q8 | Q9 | Q10 | Q11 | Q12 | Q13 |
| Gao et al,38 2012 | Y | N | Y | N | N | N | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Abedian et al,32 2017 | N | N | U | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Alipour et al,43 2020 | Y | N | Y | N | N | N | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Darmian et al,34 2018 | Y | N | N | N | N | N | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Hatamleh et al,40 2019 | Y | N | U | N | N | N | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Kordi et al,30 2017 | Y | N | Y | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Navaee and Abedian,35 2015 | N | N | U | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Uçar and Golbasi,26 (2019) | N | N | Y | N | N | N | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Valiani et al,44 2014 | N | N | U | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Boz et al,29 2021 | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Vasegh et al,39 2012 | Y | N | Y | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Ghasemi et al,31 2018 | Y | N | Y | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
Q1 = randomization; Q2 = participant allocation; Q3 = similarity at baseline; Q4 = participant blinding; Q5 = intervener blinding; Q6 = outcome assessor blinding; Q7 = similar treatment of the treatment group; Q8 = follow-up completion; Q9 = analysis based on assigned group; Q10 = similar assessment tool; Q11 = reliable assessment method; Q12 = appropriate statistics; and Q13 = appropriate trial design.
Y, yes; N, no; U, unclear.
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