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. 2022 Dec 9;14(12):e32359. doi: 10.7759/cureus.32359

Table 4. Quality assessment by the AMSTAR 2 checklist.

Sl.No AMSTAR 2 ITEMS Dharmayani et al. [11] Głąbska et al. [12] Lassale et al. [16] Quirk et al. [9]
    2021 2020 2018 2013
1. Was an ‘a priori’ design provided? No Yes No No
2. Was there duplicate study selection and data extraction? Yes Yes Yes Yes
3. Was a comprehensive literature search performed? Yes Yes Yes Yes
4. Was the status of publication (i.e. grey literature) used as an inclusion criterion? Yes Yes Yes Yes
5. Was a list of studies (included and excluded) provided? Yes Yes Yes Yes
6. Were the characteristics of the included studies provided? Yes Yes Yes Yes
7. Was the scientific quality of the included studies assessed and documented? Yes Yes Yes Yes
8. Was the scientific quality of the included studies used appropriately in formulating conclusions? Yes Yes Yes Yes
9. Were the methods used to combine the findings of studies appropriate? Yes Yes Yes Yes
10. Was the likelihood of publication bias assessed? Yes Yes Yes Yes
11. Was the conflict of interest included? Yes No Yes Yes
  Total grade HIGH HIGH HIGH HIGH
  Total score out of 11 10 10 10 10
  Total percentage = 90.90%