Table 2: Appraisal of the risk of bias of the included studies using the Cochrane risk-of-bias tool
StudySequence generationAllocation concealmentBlindingIncomplete outcome dataSelective reportingOtherOverall
Doody et al.24LLLLLHL
Feldman et al.16LLLHLHU
Petersen et al.27UULLLLU
Salloway et al.28UULHLHU
Winblad et al.17UULLLHU
Suzuki et al.18UULLLHU
Tsai et al.29LULLLHU
de Jager et al.26LLLLLUL
Tsolaki et al.19UUULLLU
van Uffelen et al.30LLLLLHL
Wei et al.20UUHULUU
Suzuki et al.25LLLLLLL
Rojas et al.21UULHLHU
Lee et al.22LULLLHU
Naeini et al.23UULLLLU
Rondanelli et al.31UULLLHU
Yakoot et al.32LLLLLHL

Note: H = high, L = low, U = unclear.