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.

StudyRandom sequence generationAllocation concealmentBlindingOutcome data integritySelective outcome reportingOther biases
Patient/doctor blindingOutcome assessor blinding

Wang [23]Random number tableUncertainUncertainUncertainLow riskLow riskUncertain
Zhao et al. [24]Draw randomUncertainUncertainUncertainLow riskLow riskUncertain
Zhang [25]Computer randomLow riskUncertainUncertainLow riskLow riskUncertain
Chen [26]Random wordUncertainUncertainUncertainLow riskLow riskUncertain
Zhao and Zhang [27]Random wordUncertainUncertainUncertainLow riskLow riskUncertain
Zhao et al. [28]Random wordUncertainUncertainUncertainLow riskLow riskUncertain
Xue et al. [29]Random wordUncertainUncertainUncertainLow riskLow riskUncertain
Sun [30]Random wordUncertainUncertainUncertainLow riskLow riskUncertain
Wu and Zhou [31]Random number tableUncertainUncertainUncertainLow riskLow riskUncertain
Huang et al. [32]Random wordUncertainUncertainUncertainHigh riskLow riskUncertain
Zhang [33]Random wordUncertainUncertainUncertainLow riskLow riskUncertain
Yang [34]Random by odd-even orderUncertainUncertainUncertainLow riskLow riskUncertain
Zhan [35]Random by odd-even orderUncertainUncertainUncertainLow riskLow riskUncertain
Wang [36]Draw randomUncertainUncertainUncertainLow riskLow riskUncertain
Ding and Chang [37]Random wordUncertainUncertainUncertainLow riskLow riskUncertain
Liu et al. [38]Random by registration orderUncertainUncertainUncertainLow riskLow riskUncertain
Lu [39]Random wordUncertainUncertainUncertainLow riskLow riskUncertain
Zhang [40]Random by registration orderUncertainUncertainUncertainLow riskLow riskUncertain