Table 2

Risk of bias assessment of all included studies

RQStudyStudy desingQ1 inclusion criteriaQ2
study population
Q3
exposure
Q4
objective
Q5
confounding factors
Q6
confounding factors
Q7
outcomes measure
Q8
statistical analysis
Number of ✓RoB
RQ1Humby et al15Retrospective cohort6/8Unclear
Just et al16Retrospective cohort7/8Unclear
RQ2Kraan et al17Cross-sectional6High
Musters et al18Cross-sectional5High
Triaille et al19Cross-sectional6Unclear
RQ3Donlin et al20Cross-sectional5High
Smeets et al21Cross-sectional6Unclear
Kirkham et al22Cross-sectional6Unclear
Kennedy et al23Cross-sectional5High
Boyle et al24Cross-sectional5High
Humby et al11Retrospective cohort6Unclear
Musters et al18Cross-sectional5High
Scire et al25Cross-sectional6Unclear
RQ5
Beaten et al26Cross-sectional5High
Tak et al27Cross-sectional6Unclear
Tak et al28Cross-sectional5High
Ospelt et al29Cross-sectional5High
Dubikov and Kalinichenko30Cross-sectional5High
Alivernini et al31Cross-sectional7Unclear
Alivernini et al32Cross-sectional7Unclear
Rivellese et al33Cross-sectional7Unclear
Katrib et al40Cross-sectional5High
Ostojic et al35Cross-sectional7Unclear
Guo et al35Cross-sectional5High
Guo et al36Cross-sectional5High
Lequerré et al37Cross-sectional7Unclear
Alivernini et al38Cross-sectional7Unclear
  • RoB, risk of bias; RQ, research question; Q, question