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. 2022 Nov 29;44(10):986–994. doi: 10.1055/s-0042-1756148

Chart 2. Quality assessment of the included studies using the Cochrane risk of bias tool.

Study Random sequence generation Allocation concealment Blinding of participants and personnel Blinding of outcome assessment Incomplete outcome data Selective reporting Other bias
Bygdeman and Swahn (1996) 14 Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic
Loprinzi et al. (1997) 15 Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic
Balk et al. (2002) 32 Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic
Labrie et al. (2009) 45 Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic
Bachmann and Komi (2010) 52 Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic
Oh et al. (2010) 33 Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic
Raghunandan et al. (2010) 16 Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic
Ekin et al. (2011) 67 Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic
Genazzani et al. (2011) 46 Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic
Jonasson et al. (2011) 61 Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic
Labrie et al. (2011) 27 Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic
Le Donne et al. (2011) 28 Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic
Lee et al. (2011) 17 Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic
Loprinzi et al. (2011) 18 Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic
Amato et al. (2013) 34 Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic
Grimaldi et al. (2012) 29 Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic
Tedeschi and Benvenuti (2012) 35 Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic
Chen et al. (2013) 68 Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic
Lima et al. (2013) 36 Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic
Portman et al. (2013) 53 Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic
Zheng et al. (2013) 30 Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic
Constantine et al. (2015) 54 Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic
Fernandes et al. (2014) 19 Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic
Labrie et al. (2014) 47 Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic
Lima et al. (2014) 37 Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic
Portman et al. (2014) 55 Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic
Archer et al. (2015) 48 Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic
Bouchard et al. (2015) 49 Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic
Goetsch et al. (2015) 65 Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic
Labrie et al. (2015) 50 Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic
Tungmunsakulchai et al. (2015) 57 Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic
Hickey et al. (2016) 20 Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic
Jokar et al. (2016) 31 Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic
Juliato et al. (2017) 21 Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic
Labrie et al. (2016) 51 Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic
Melisko et al. (2017) 58 Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic
Postigo et al. (2016) 38 Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic
Seyyedi et al. (2016) 22 Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic
De Souza et al. (2016) 39 Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic
Yaralizadeh et al. (2016) 40 Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic
Cruz et al. (2018) 63 Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic
Malakouti et al. (2017) 41 Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic
Nappi et al. (2017) 23 Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic
Nazarpour et al. (2017) 59 Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic
Suwanvesh et al. (2017) 42 Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic
Diem et al. (2018) 24 Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic
Golmakani et al. (2019) 66 Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic
Mitchell et al. (2018) 25 Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic
Nazarpour et al. (2018) 60 Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic
Torky et al. (2018) 62 Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic
Archer et al. (2019) 56 Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic
Ghorbani et al. (2019) 43 Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic
Mitchell et al. (2019) 26 Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic
Palma et al. (2019) 44 Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic
Politano et al. (2019) 64 Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic

Key: Inline graphic High risk of bias; Inline graphic Unclear risk of bias; Inline graphic Low risk of bias