Directness of evidence Directness of evidence Directness of evidence Directness of evidence Directness of evidence Risk of Bias Risk of Bias Risk of Bias Risk of Bias Risk of Bias Risk of Bias Risk of Bias
Study (et al), year
Study design
Sample size(n)
Sample size(n)
domain
determinant
out- come
DoE total
DoE total
Patient selection
Allocation concealment
Blinding
Incomplete outcome
Follow up
Selective reporting
Schroeder, 2007 RCS 51 51 H H NA NA
Queizan, 1985 RCS 48 48 - M M - NA NA - - -
Ford, 1992 RCS 98 98 - M M NA NA - - -
Perez , 1994 RCS 32 32 - M M - NA NA
Karabulut, 2005 RCS 14 14 - M M NA NA -
Mitroi et al, 2008 RCS 23 23 - M M - NA NA -
Roh, 2008 PT 12 12 M M NA NA
W. Chen, 2009 RCS 8 8 M M - NA NA
Papadogeorgakis, 2009 RCS 18 18 M M NA NA
Bajaj, 2011 RCS 62 62 - M M NA NA -
Maddalozzo 2012 RCS 28 28 - M M NA NA
Erikci, 2014 RCS 24 24 - - M M NA NA - -
Prasad, 2014 RCS 17 17 - M M NA NA - -
Spinelli, 2016 RCS 39 39 - M M NA NA
Teng, 2016 RCS 25 25 - M M NA NA - -
Kalra, 2017 RCS 94 94 M M - NA NA - - -
Doi, 1988 RCS 44 44 - - L L NA NA - - -
Choi, 1995 RCS 21 21 - - L L NA NA - - -
Agaton, 1996 RCS 137 137 - L L NA NA -
Atlan , 1997 RCS 17 17 - - - L L - NA NA - - -
Rattan, 2006 RCS 52 52 - L L NA NA - - -
Al-Khateeb, 2007 RCS 47 47 - - L L - NA NA - - -
Zaifullah, 2013 RCS 11 11 - - L L NA NA - -
Al-Mufarrej, 2017 RCS 316 316 - - - L L NA NA - -
Li, 2018 RCS 13 13 - L L NA NA