Table 3

Risk of bias for each included randomized trial (14)

StudyRandom 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)Other bias
Kim et al. (17)++?+++?
Kim et al. (18)++?+++?
Kim et al. (19)++?+++?
  • + = low risk of bias; ? = unclear risk of bias.