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. 2022 Dec 7:1–8. Online ahead of print. doi: 10.1038/s41432-022-0831-0

Table 1.

Critical appraisal results

Study Selection bias Study design Confounders Blinding Data collection method Withdrawals and dropouts Global rating
Aboalshamat et al. (2020) Moderate Moderate Strong Weak Strong Strong Moderate
Adams (2017) Weak Weak Weak Weak Strong Weak Weak

Brake et al. (2001)

Gorter et al. (2001)

Weak Moderate Weak Weak Strong Strong Weak
Chapman et al. (2017) Weak Moderate Strong Weak Strong Moderate Weak
Gonzalez & Quezada (2016) Weak Weak Weak Weak Strong Strong Weak
Metz et al. (2020) Strong Moderate Strong Weak Strong Strong Moderate
Newton et al. (2006) Weak Moderate Weak Weak Strong Weak Weak
Piazza-Waggoner et al. (2003) Strong Moderate Weak Weak Strong Weak Weak