Table 2. Quality assessment of randomized control trials using Cochrane bias tool.
Article | Random sequence generation –Selection Bias | Allocation of concealment – Selection bias | Blinding of both participants and evaluators – Performance Bias | Blinding of assessment during outcome collection – Detection bias | Incomplete outcome data – Attrition Bias | Selective reporting – Reporting Bias | Other bias/ Comments |
Liem et al. 2019[16] | Low risk | Low risk | High risk | Low risk | Low risk | Low risk | Due to the intervention, patients, clinicians, and the study team could not be blinded to treatment allocation. |
Suárez et al. 2018[17] | Low risk | Low risk | High risk | Low risk | Low risk | Low risk | |
Huang et al. 2021 [18] | Low risk | Low risk | High risk | Low risk | Low risk | Low risk | |
Ahn et al. 2021[19] | Low risk | Low risk | High risk | Low risk | Low risk | Low risk | |
Hsu et al. 2018[20] | Low risk | Low risk | High risk | Low risk | Low risk | Low risk | |
Jeng et al. 2019 [21] | Low risk | Low risk | High risk | Low risk | Low risk | Low risk | |
Kranidioti et al.2019[22] | Low risk | Low risk | High risk | Low risk | Low risk | Low risk | |
Li et al. 2021[23] | Low risk | Low risk | High risk | Low risk | Low risk | Low risk | |
Manolakopoulos et al. 2020[24] | Low risk | Low risk | High risk | Low risk | Low risk | Low risk |