Research Article
The Effectiveness and Safety of Thunder Fire Moxibustion for Treating Allergic Rhinitis: A PRISMA Compliant Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Table 3
Risk of bias in the included RCTs.
| Study | Random sequence generation | Allocation concealment | Blinding | Outcome data integrity | Selective outcome reporting | Other biases | Patient/doctor blinding | Outcome assessor blinding |
| Wang [23] | Random number table | Uncertain | Uncertain | Uncertain | Low risk | Low risk | Uncertain | Zhao et al. [24] | Draw random | Uncertain | Uncertain | Uncertain | Low risk | Low risk | Uncertain | Zhang [25] | Computer random | Low risk | Uncertain | Uncertain | Low risk | Low risk | Uncertain | Chen [26] | Random word | Uncertain | Uncertain | Uncertain | Low risk | Low risk | Uncertain | Zhao and Zhang [27] | Random word | Uncertain | Uncertain | Uncertain | Low risk | Low risk | Uncertain | Zhao et al. [28] | Random word | Uncertain | Uncertain | Uncertain | Low risk | Low risk | Uncertain | Xue et al. [29] | Random word | Uncertain | Uncertain | Uncertain | Low risk | Low risk | Uncertain | Sun [30] | Random word | Uncertain | Uncertain | Uncertain | Low risk | Low risk | Uncertain | Wu and Zhou [31] | Random number table | Uncertain | Uncertain | Uncertain | Low risk | Low risk | Uncertain | Huang et al. [32] | Random word | Uncertain | Uncertain | Uncertain | High risk | Low risk | Uncertain | Zhang [33] | Random word | Uncertain | Uncertain | Uncertain | Low risk | Low risk | Uncertain | Yang [34] | Random by odd-even order | Uncertain | Uncertain | Uncertain | Low risk | Low risk | Uncertain | Zhan [35] | Random by odd-even order | Uncertain | Uncertain | Uncertain | Low risk | Low risk | Uncertain | Wang [36] | Draw random | Uncertain | Uncertain | Uncertain | Low risk | Low risk | Uncertain | Ding and Chang [37] | Random word | Uncertain | Uncertain | Uncertain | Low risk | Low risk | Uncertain | Liu et al. [38] | Random by registration order | Uncertain | Uncertain | Uncertain | Low risk | Low risk | Uncertain | Lu [39] | Random word | Uncertain | Uncertain | Uncertain | Low risk | Low risk | Uncertain | Zhang [40] | Random by registration order | Uncertain | Uncertain | Uncertain | Low risk | Low risk | Uncertain |
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