| Author, year | Randomization | Concealed treatment allocation | Baseline group similarity | Patient blinded | Care provider blinded | Outcome assessor / Data analyst blinded | Cointerventions avoided or similar | Compliance acceptable in all groups | Attrition reported | Attrition acceptable | Timing of outcome assessment in all groups similia | Intention-to-treat analysis | Is there a registered or published protocol | Avoidance of selective outcomes reporting | Quality Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diab, 2012 and Diab, 2013 | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Unclear | Yes | Yes | Fair |
| Moustafa, 2013 | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Unclear | Unclear | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Unclear | Unclear | Fair |
| Prasad, 2013 | Unclear | Unclear | Yes | No | Yes | Unclear | Yes | Unclear | Yes | No | Yes | No | Unclear | Unclear | Poor |
Please see Appendix C. Included Studies for full study references.
From: Appendix F, Quality Assessment
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