Table 3:

Risk of bias

StudyBias from confoundingBias from selection of participantsBias from measurement of outcomesBias from measurement of exposureBias from selection of reported resultBias from missing dataOverall risk of bias
Aljohani et al. (20)LowLowLowModerateLowUnclearUnclear
Barnabe et al. (21)ModerateLowLowModerateLowUnclearUnclear
Bresee et al. (22)LowLowLowModerateLowLowModerate
Callegari et al. (23)SeriousLowLowUnclearLowUnclearUnclear
Cohen et al. (24)ModerateLowLowModerateLowUnclearUnclear
Dyck et al. (25)SeriousLowSeriousModerateLowUnclearUnclear
Goulet et al. (26)ModerateLowLowModerateLowUnclearUnclear
Hong et al. (27)ModerateLowLowLowLowLowModerate
Leslie et al. (28)LowLowLowModerateLowLowModerate
Liu et al. (29)LowModerateLowSeriousLowUnclearUnclear
Martens et al. (30)LowModerateLowModerateLowUnclearUnclear
McIntyre et al. (31)LowModerateLowLowLowLowModerate
Meatherall, (32)SeriousUnclearSeriousUnclearLowUnclearUnclear
Oster et al. (33)ModerateLowLowModerateLowLowModerate
Promislow et al. (34)LowLowLowLowLowLowLow
Riddell et al. (35)LowLowLowModerateLowLowModerate
Rose et al. (36)LowModerateLowUnclearLowUnclearUnclear
Roy et al. (37)SeriousModerateLowUnclearLowUnclearUnclear
Shen et al. (38)ModerateSeriousLowModerateLowLowSerious
Sood et al. (39)LowLowLowLowLowLowLow
Storsely et al. (40)ModerateLowLowLowLowLowModerate
Tonelli (41)LowLowModerateLowLowModerateModerate
Tonelli et al. (42)ModerateLowLowLowLowLowModerate
Weber et al. (43)LowLowLowLowLowLowLow
Wei-Randall et al. (44)SeriousLowLowSeriousLowModerateSerious
Yeates (45)LowLowLowLowLowLowLow
Yeates (46)LowLowLowLowLowLowLow
Zhang et al. (47)SeriousLowLowLowLowUnclearUnclear