Note: The risk of bias by domain corresponds to the highest risk of bias among outcomes by domain.
The overall risk of bias corresponds to the overall highest risk of bias assessed among outcomes.
| Bias | Author's judgement | Support for judgement |
| Randomization |
Some concerns |
Quote: “The allocation was according to the block randomization method. 16 blocks, including 4 patients in each block, were generated by the Online Randomizer website (www.sealesenvelop.com/simple randomizer).”
Comment: Allocation sequence random. No information on allocation concealment. |
| Deviations from intervention |
* |
NO REVIEW-SPECIFIC OUTCOMES
This outcome-specific domain was not assessed; Pending contact with authors. No review-specific outcomes reported/extracted. |
| Missing outcome data |
* |
NO REVIEW-SPECIFIC OUTCOMES
This outcome-specific domain was not assessed; Pending contact with authors. No review-specific outcomes reported/extracted. |
| Measurement of the outcome |
* |
NO REVIEW-SPECIFIC OUTCOMES
This outcome-specific domain was not assessed; Pending contact with authors. No review-specific outcomes reported/extracted. |
| Selection of the reported results |
* |
NO REVIEW-SPECIFIC OUTCOMES
This outcome-specific domain was not assessed; Pending contact with authors. No review-specific outcomes reported/extracted. |
| Overall risk of bias |
Some concerns |