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Author, year
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Sequence Generation / Allocation Concealment (internal validity)
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Blinding of Participants, Personnel, and Outcome Assessors (internal validity)
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Incomplete Outcome Data (internal validity)
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Selective Outcome Reporting / Statistical Issues (internal validity)
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Interventions (internal validity)
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Generalisability (external validity)
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Internal Validity
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External Validity
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Huang et al. [26]
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N/A
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N/A
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Yes
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No
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No
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No
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Low
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Low
|
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Srivastava & Aggarwal [27]
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N/A
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N/A
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Yes
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No
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No
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No
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Low
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Low
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- ● Same checklist used for all study designs but N/A for domains 1 and 2 for study designs other than RCT
- ● N/A Not applicable
- 3 domains for Internal Validity
- YES for all of the domains = HIGH QUALITY
- NO for any domain = LOW QUALITY
- 1 domain for External Validity
- YES for domain = HIGH QUALITY
- NO for domain = LOW QUALITY
