Table 1. The Cochrane risk of bias tool for quality assessment as it was implemented in the selected studies. |
Study |
Sequence generation |
Allocation concealment |
Blinding of participants, personnel and outcome assessors |
Incomplete outcome data |
Selective outcome reporting |
Other sources of bias |
Arent et al., 2010 |
? |
+ |
+ |
? |
? |
+ |
Betts et al., 2009 |
? |
? |
? |
+ |
+ |
? |
Cockburn et al., 2013 |
? |
? |
? |
+ |
+ |
? |
Gentle et al., 2014 |
? |
+ |
+ |
- |
? |
? |
Gilson et al., 2010 |
+ |
+ |
- |
+ |
? |
+ |
Gunnarson et al., 2013 |
- |
- |
? |
? |
- |
+ |
Highton et al., 2013 |
+ |
? |
+ |
+ |
+ |
? |
Naclerio et al., 2015 |
? |
? |
? |
+ |
? |
- |
Naclerio et al., 2014 |
- |
? |
? |
+ |
? |
? |
Poulios et al. 2018 |
? |
? |
+ |
+ |
+ |
? |
|
+: Low risk of bias, - : High risk of bias, ? : unclear risk of bias. |
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