Review Article

The Neuroscience of Nonpharmacological Traditional Chinese Therapy (NTCT) for Major Depressive Disorder: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Table 2

PEDro quality scale.

SourceItem 1Item 2Item 3Item 4Item 5Item 6Item 7Item 8Item 9Item 10PEDro

Song et al, 200710100111117/10
Tsang et al, 201310100111117/10
Lian et al, 201700100011115/10
Lavretsky et al, 201111110101118/10
Chan et al, 201311111100118/10
Song et al, 200910111110118/10
Vazquez et al, 201110100010115/10
Wang et al, 20161011000011510
Wang et al, 201710110000115/10
Liu et al, 201511100010116/10
Zhu et al, 201810100110116/10
Zhu et al, 201710100011116/10

Note. Item 1: randomization; Item 2: concealed allocation; Item 3: similar baseline; Item 4: blinding of participants; Item 5: blinding of therapists; Item 6: blinding of assessors; Item 7: key outcome measures from more than 85% of subjects; Item 8: intention-to-treat; Item 9: between group difference; Item 10: point measures and measures of variability; 1: explicitly described and present in details; 0: absent, inadequately described, or unclear.