Study | Question/objective | Study design | Subject and/or comparison group selection | Subject and/or comparison group characteristics | Random allocation | Blinding of investigators | Blinding of participants | Outcome and exposure measures | Sample size | Analytic measures | Estimate of variance | Confounding | Results | Conclusion | Summary score |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nagai et al. 2014 [13] | Yes | Partial | No | Yes | N/A | N/A | N/A | Partial | Partial | Partial | Yes | No | Partial | Yes | 0.54 |
Lee et al. 2017 [22] | Partial | Partial | Partial | Yes | N/A | N/A | N/A | Partial | Partial | Partial | Yes | No | Partial | Partial | 0.46 |
Yes | Yes | Partial | Yes | N/A | No | N/A | Yes | Partial | Partial | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | 0.71 | |
Loske et al. 2018 [23] | Yes | Yes | Partial | Yes | N/A | No | N/A | Partial | Partial | Partial | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | 0.67 |