Table 2. | Assessment of risk of bias in individual studies |
| Study |
Random sequence generation |
Allocation concealment |
Blinding of personnel |
Blinding of outcome assessment |
Incomplete outcome data |
Selective reporting |
Other sources of bias |
Overall bias |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jiang et al. [62] | + | ? | ? | + | + | + | - | ? |
| Nuñez et al. [63] | + | ? | ? | + | + | + | - | ? |
| Liu et al. [64] | + | - | - | ? | - | + | - | - |
| Jiang et al. [65] | + | ? | ? | ? | + | + | - | - |
| Park et al. [66] | + | ? | ? | ? | - | + | - | - |
| Suaid et al. [67] | + | ? | ? | ? | + | + | - | - |
| Tsumanuma et al. [68] | ? | ? | ? | + | + | + | - | - |
| Suaid et al. [69] | + | - | + | ? | - | + | - | - |
| Khorsand et al. [70] | + | ? | ? | ? | - | + | - | - |
| Tobita et al. [71] | ? | ? | ? | ? | - | + | - | - |
+ = low risk of bias; ? = unclear risk of bias; - = high risk of bias. |
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