Meta-Analysis
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World J Meta-Anal. Dec 28, 2020; 8(6): 462-471
Published online Dec 28, 2020. doi: 10.13105/wjma.v8.i6.462
Table 2 Quality assessment of studies included in meta-analysis based upon Cochrane’s Collaboration Risk of Bias tool
Ref.Study designRandom sequence generationAllocation concealmentBlindingBlinding outcome assessmentIncomplete outcome dataSelective reportingOther biasQuality assessment
Parra-Blanco et al[16], 2006RCT AdequateAdequateSingle-blindedAdequateNoneNoneNoneHigh
Kang et al[24], 2014RCTAdequateAdequateSingle-blindedAdequateNoneNoneNoneHigh
Shah et al[17], 2014RCTAdequateAdequateSingle-blindedAdequateNoneNoneNoneHigh
Cesaro et al[18], 2013RCTAdequateAdequateSingle-blindedAdequateNoneNoneNoneHigh
de Leone et al[19], 2013RCTAdequateAdequateSingle-blindedAdequateNoneNoneNoneHigh
Kim et al[25], 2014RCTNot describedAdequateSingle-blindedAdequateNoneNoneNoneModerate
Kotwal et al[20], 2014RCTAdequateAdequateSingle-blindedAdequateNoneNoneNoneHigh
Seo et al[21], 2013RCTAdequateAdequateSingle-blindedAdequateNoneNoneNoneHigh
Zhang et al[23], 2014RCTAdequateAdequateSingle-blindedAdequateNoneNoneNoneHigh
Castro et al[22], 2019RCTAdequateAdequateSingle-blindedAdequateNoneNoneNoneHigh
Alkhairi et al[26], 2017RCTNot describedNot describedSingle-blindedAdequateNoneNoneNoneModerate