Skip to main content
. 2022 Oct 20;22:274. doi: 10.1186/s12874-022-01738-y

Table 2.

Risk of bias (ROBIS) assessment results

Study eligibility criteria Identification and selection of studies Data collection and study appraisal Synthesis and findings Risk of bias in the review
Adiewere 2018 [13] High Unclear Unclear High High
Ahmad Sharoni (2016) [29] High High Unclear High High
Ahmed (2020) [38] High High High High High
Alkahoon (2020) [25] Low Unclear Low Unclear Unclear
Arad (2011) [18] High High Unclear High High
Binning (2019) [27] Unclear Low High Low High
Blanchette (2020) [39] Unclear Low Low High High
Bus (2015) [32] Low Unclear High High High
Collings (2020) [40] Unclear Unclear Low High High
Crawford (2020) [14] Low Unclear Low Low Unclear
Dorresteijn (2014) [15] Low Low Low Low Low
Dy (2018) [41] Unclear Unclear Low Low Unclear
Ena (2020) [26] Low Unclear Low Low Unclear
Hazenberg (2019) [42] High High High High High
He (2013) [17] Unclear High Unclear High High
Healy (2013) [34] Low High Unclear Low High
Heuch (2016) [28] High High Unclear High High
Hoogeveen (2015) [16] Low Low Low Low Low
Kaltenthaler (1998) [22] High High Unclear Unclear High
McGloin (2021) [24] Low Low Low Low Low
Mason (1999) [21] High Unclear Unclear Unclear High
Matos (2018) [44] High High Low High High
Maciejewski (2004) [36] Unclear High Unclear Low High
Mayfield (2000) [37] High High High High High
O’Meara (2000) [19] Low Low Low Low Low
Norman (2020) [23] Low Low Low Low Low
Paton (2011) [35] Unclear Unclear Low High High
Da Silva (2020) [43] High High High High High
Spencer (2000) [20] Low Low Low Low Low
van Netten (2020) [30] Low Low Unclear Low Unclear