First author (year) | 1. Adequate allocation sequence generation and allocation concealment | 2. Blinding of main outcome assessments | 3. Description of withdrawals/drop-outs | 4. Intention-to-treat analysis is performed or there are no drop-outs | 5. The sample size is based on an adequate power analysis. | 6. The groups are similar on prognostic indicators at baseline (and this was explicitly assessed) or adjustments were made to correct for baseline imbalance (using appropriate covariates). | 7. Diagnostic assessment was conducted by a professional, or there were no diagnostic assessments necessary for the recruitment | Score |
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Andrewes (2014) [40] | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | 4 |
Asgharipoor (2012) [41] | Unclear | No | Unclear | Unclear | No | Yes | Yes | 2 |
Breitbart (2010) [43] | Unclear | Unclear | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | 4 |
Breitbart (2012) [42] | Yes | Unclear | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | 5 |
Breitbart (2015) [44] | Unclear | Unclear | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | 4 |
Celano (2016) [55] | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 6 |
Cerezo (2014) [46] | Yes | Unclear | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | 4 |
Chaves (2017) [47] | Unclear | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 6 |
Cohn (2014) [48] | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Unclear | 4 |
Coote (2012) [49] | Unclear | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | 3 |
Elham (2015) [50] | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 5 |
Fava (1998) [51] | Unclear | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Unclear | Yes | 4 |
Fava (2005) [52] | Unclear | Yes | No | No | No | Unclear | Yes | 2 |
Henry (2010) [53] | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | 5 |
Hsiao (2012) [54] | Yes | Unclear | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | 4 |
Huffman (2016) [55] | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | 3 |
Kent (2011) [56] | Unclear | Unclear | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | 4 |
Kerr (2015) | Unclear | Unclear | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | 4 |
Krentzman(2015) [58] | Unclear | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | 3 |
Lee (2006) [59] | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | 6 |
Louro (2016) [60] | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | 3 |
Mann (2001) [61] | Unclear | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | 2 |
Muller (2016) [62] | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | 6 |
Nikrahan (2016) [63] | Unclear | Unclear | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 5 |
Pietrowsky (2012) [64] | Unclear | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | 3 |
Sanjuan 2016 [65] | Yes | Unclear | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | 5 |
Schrank (2016) [66] | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 6 |
Seligman (2006) [67] (study 2) | Unclear | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | 4 |
Taylor (2017) [68] | Yes | Unclear | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | 5 |
Uliaszek (2016) [69] | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 5 |