Research Article

Relationship between Surgery under General Anesthesia and the Development of Dementia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Table 2

Quality assessment of included studies using the Risk of Bias Assessment Tool for Nonrandomized Studies (RoBANS).

Risk of bias
Selection of participantsConfounding variablesMeasurement of exposureBlinding of outcome assessmentsIncomplete outcome dataSelective outcome reporting

Cohort study
Kim, 2018 [27]LowLowLowLowLowUnclear
Teipel, 2018 [31]LowLowLowLowLowUnclear
Aiello Bowles, 2016 [30]LowLowUnclearLowLowUnclear
Chen, 2014-1 [26]LowLowLowLowLowUnclear
Zuo, 2010 [8]LowHighLowLowLowUnclear
Lee, 2005 [9]LowLowLowLowLowUnclear
Case-control study
Strand, 2019 [62]LowLowLowLowLowUnclear
Huang, 2018 [63]LowLowLowLowLowUnclear
Chen, 2014-2 [25]LowLowLowLowLowUnclear
Sprung, 2013 [59]LowLowLowLowLowUnclear
Bufill, 2009 [61]LowLowUnclearLowLowUnclear
Yip,2006 [28]LowLowUnclearLowLowUnclear
Harmanci, 2003 [14]LowLowUnclearLowLowUnclear
Gasparini, 2002 [29]UnclearLowLowLowLowUnclear
Tyas, 2001 [60]LowLowUnclearLowLowUnclear
Bohnen 1994 [10]LowLowLowLowLowUnclear
CHSA, 1994 [57]LowLowUnclearLowLowUnclear
Li, 1992 [15]LowLowUnclearLowLowUnclear
Kokmen, 1991 [11]LowLowLowLowLowUnclear
Graves, 1990 [56]LowLowUnclearLowLowUnclear
Broe, 1990 [58]LowLowUnclearLowLowUnclear
Amaducci, 1986 [12]LowLowUnclearLowLowUnclear
Heyman, 1984 [13]LowLowUnclearLowLowUnclear