Systematic Review on the Efficacy and Safety of Herbal Medicines for Vascular Dementia

Table 2

Methodological quality of studies (CONSORT checklist).

			Reported page number of each item^*1
			Abstracts		Method					Randomization					Results							Discussion
Number	Author	Year	Title and abstract	Introduction	Participant	Intervention	Objective	Outcome	Sample size	Sequence generation	Allocation concealment	Implementation	Blinding	Statistical methods	Participant flow	Recruitment	Baseline data	Numbers analyzed	Outcomes and estimation	Ancillary analyses	Adverse events	Interpretation	Generalisability	Overall evidence
			1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
1	Wan et al.	1998	25	25	25	25	24	25	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	25	26	26	U	U	27	U	27
2	Zhao et al.	1999	585	585	585	586	585	586	U	U	U	U	U	586	U	585	585	585	586	U	587	587	587	587
3	Ji	2000	10	10	10	11	U	11	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	10	10	U	11	U	U	11	U	11
4	Lu et al.	2000	290	290	290	290	290	290	U	U	U	U	U	290	U	U	290	290	290	U	U	290	U	290
5	Luo	2001	470	U	470	470	470	471	U	U	U	U	470	471	U	470	470	472	472	472	U	472	473	473
6	Zhang et al.	2001	U	51	51	51	U	51	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	51	51	52	52	U	52	52	52	52
7	Zhou and Yi	2001	14	14	14	14	14	14	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	14	15	15	U	U	15	U	15
8	Cao et al.	2002	80	80	80	80	80	80	U	U	U	U	80	81	U	80	80	81	81	U	81	81	U	81
9	Hong et al.	2002	U	3	3	3	U	3	U	U	U	U	U	3	U	3	3	4	4	4	U	5	5	5
10	Huang et al.	2002	301	301	301	302	301	302	U	U	U	U	U	302	U	U	302	301	302	U	U	303	303	303
11	Liu et al.	2002	526	526	526	526	526	526	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	526	526	U	527	U	U	527	U	527
12	Wang et al.	2002	U	295	296	296	U	296	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	295	295	296	296	U	U	296	U	296
13	Yang et al.	2002	48	48	49	49	48	49	U	U	U	U	48	49	U	U	48	49	49	U	U	50	51	51
14	Cai et al.	2003	482	482	482	482	482	482	U	482	U	U	U	483	U	U	482	483	483	U	483	483	483	483
15	Guo et al.	2003	U	931	931	931	U	931	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	931	931	931	U	U	931	U	931
16	Jia et al.	2003	20	20	20	20	20	21	U	U	U	U	U	21	U	20	20	21	21	U	21	22	U	22
17	Cheng et al.	2004	16	16	16	16	16	16	U	U	U	U	U	16	U	U	16	17	17	U	U	17	17	17
18	Liao et al.	2004	112	112	112	113	112	113	U	U	U	U	U	113	U	113	112	113	113	U	113	113	114	114
19	Shen and Du	2004	41	41	42	42	41	42	U	U	U	U	U	42	U	42	42	42	43	U	U	43	43	43
20	Wang et al.	2004	679	679	679	680	679	680	U	680	680	680	680	680	681	U	679	680	680	U	681	681	681	681
21	Wang et al.	2004	1691	1691	1691	1692	1691	1692	U	U	U	U	U	1692	U	1691	1691	1692	1692	U	U	1693	U	1693
22	Wu et al.	2004	3	3	3	3	3	3	U	U	U	U	3	3	U	U	3	4	4	U	4	4	U	4
23	Yu et al.	2004	424	424	424	424	424	424	U	U	U	U	424	U	U	424	424	425	425	U	425	425	425	425
24	Zhao	2004	8	9	9	9	8	9	U	U	U	U	U	9	U	9	9	9	9	U	9	9	U	10
25	Feng et al.	2005	520	520	520	520	520	520	U	U	U	U	U	521	U	520	520	521	521	U	U	521	522	521
26	Liu	2005	50	50	50	50	50	50	U	U	U	U	U	50	51	50	51	51	51	U	51	51	51	51
27	Liu et al.	2005	1052	1052	1052	1052	U	1052	U	U	U	U	U	1053	U	1053	1052	1053	1053	U	1054	1054	1054	1054
28	Liu and Chen	2005	18	18	18	19	18	19	U	U	U	U	U	19	U	U	18	19	19	U	U	20	U	20
29	Tang et al.	2005	426	426	426	427	426	427	U	U	U	U	U	427	U	426	426	427	427	U	427	427	427	427
30	Wang et al.	2005	93	U	93	94	93	94	U	94	94	U	94	94	U	93	94	94	94	U	95	94	U	94
31	Wang, Chen and Bai	2005	3	3	3	3	3	4	U	U	U	U	U	4	U	3	3	3	4	U	U	4	5	5
32	Wang et al.	2005	260	260	261	261	260	261	U	U	U	U	261	261	U	U	260	261	261	U	261	262	U	262
33	Wang	2005	40	40	40	40	40	40	U	U	U	U	U	40	U	40	40	40	41	U	U	41	41	41
34	Zhou et al.	2005	11	11	11	11	11	12	U	U	U	U	U	12	U	11	11	12	12	U	U	13	U	13
35	Gao	2006	14	14	14	14	14	15	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	14	14	15	15	U	U	16	U	16
36	Hao et al.	2006	424	424	424	424	424	424	U	U	U	U	U	425	U	U	424	425	425	U	425	425	U	425
37	Li et al.	2006	48	48	48	48	U	48	U	U	U	U	U	48	U	48	48	48	48	U	U	49	49	49
38	Mou	2006	1607	1607	1607	1607	1607	1607	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	1607	1607	1607	U	1607	U	U	1607
39	Shi and Wang	2006	200	200	200	200	200	200	U	200	U	U	200	200	U	U	200	201	201	U	U	201	201	201
40	Zhang and Lu	2006	680	680	680	680	680	681	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	680	681	681	U	U	681	681	681
41	Chen et al.	2007	866	866	866	867	866	867	U	867	U	U	867	867	U	866	866	867	867	U	U	868	868	868
42	Cui et al.	2007	64	64	64	64	64	64	U	64	U	U	U	65	U	64	64	U	65	U	U	65	U	65
43	He	2007	60	U	60	60	U	60	U	U	U	U	60	60	U	U	60	60	60	U	61	61	U	61
44	Jin et al.	2007	1657	1657	1657	1658	1657	1658	U	U	U	1658	1658	1658	U	U	1657	1658	1658	U	1659	1659	1659	1659
45	Yan	2007	41	U	41	41	41	41	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	41	41	41	U	U	41	41	42
46	Chang	2008	241	240	240	241	240	241	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	240	241	241	241	U	241	241	U	241
47	Li et al.	2008	369	369	369	370	369	370	U	U	U	U	U	370	U	369	369	370	370	U	371	371	371	371

Key ^*1: U = the relevant item was not found in the paper.