Research Article
The Effectiveness and Safety of Thunder Fire Moxibustion for Treating Allergic Rhinitis: A PRISMA Compliant Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Table 5
Level of evidence.
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T: treatment group; C: control group. ①Blind method is missing, allocation hidden report is insufficient, and random method description is not clear; ②statistical heterogeneity and clinical heterogeneity were more significant; ③the total sample size was small, and OIS was not satisfied (optimal information size); ④Egger’s test showed that , and the 95% CI [0.63, 7.86] did not contain 0, suggesting that the possibility of publication bias was bigger. ⊕⊕○○ represents the low level of evidence. ⊕○○○ represents the very low level of evidence. |