Author | 12-item scale critical appraisal score |
|---|
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Total |
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Kwon 2014 [12] | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | 12 |
Yue 2013 [14] | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | 12 |
Ikeuchi 2014 [11] | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | 12 |
Chia 2013 [16] | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | 12 |
Seah 2011 [15] | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | 11 |
Christensen 2009 [10] | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | 11 |
- 12-item scale criteria: (1) Method of randomization; (2) Concealed allocation; (3) Patient blinding; (4) Provider blinding; (5) Outcome assessor blinding; (6) Drop-out rate; (7) Patient allocated as plan; (8) Free of selective outcome reporting; (9) Same baseline; (10) Co-interventions avoided or similar; (11) Acceptable compliance; (12) Same time of outcome assessment. Y = Yes, N = No, A trial with a score of seven or more was considered high quality, more than four but no more than seven was considered moderate quality, and no more than four was considered low quality
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