Author and year

Random sequence generation (selection bias)

Allocation concealment (selection bias)

Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias)

Blinding of

outcome assessment (detection bias)

Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias)

Selective reporting (reporting bias)

Patel et al., (2006)

Not clear

Not clear

Low risk

High risk

Low risk

Low risk

Lee et al., (2012)

Low risk

Not clear

Low risk

High risk

Low risk

Low risk

Mifflin et al., (2012)

Low risk

Low risk

Low risk

High risk

Low risk

Low risk

Kerimoglu et al., (2013)

Low risk

Low risk

Low risk

High risk

Low risk

Low risk

Seiden et al., (2014)

Not clear

Not clear

High risk

Low risk

Low risk

Low risk

Kim et al., (2015)

Low risk

Not clear

Low risk

High risk

Low risk

Low risk

Sola et al., (2017)

Low risk

Low risk

Low risk

High risk

Not clear

Low risk

Marechal et al., (2017)

Low risk

Low risk

High risk

High risk

Low risk

Low risk