Review Article

Chinese Classical Formula Sijunzi Decoction and Chronic Atrophic Gastritis: Evidence for Treatment Approach?

Table 3

Risk of bias assessment based on the Cochrane handbook.

Included studiesRandom sequence generationConcealment of allocationBlinding of participants and personnelBlinding of outcome assessmentIncomplete
outcome data
Selective reportingOther biasRisk of bias

Song et al., 2009 [30]???+?+High
Hu, 2011 [31]?????+High
Sun et al., 2012 [32]?????+High
Li, 2013 [33]??????High
Zhang, 2016 [34]?????+High
Shen, 2016 [35]+????+High

+: low risk of bias; —: high risk of bias; ?: unclear risk of bias.