Review Article

Acupuncture Treatment for Cough-Variant Asthma: A Meta-Analysis

Table 3

Included research risk assessment and quality assessment.

AuthorRandom sequence generationAllocation scheme hidingBlind methodBlind method evaluation of the outcomeResult data integritySelective reporting of research findingsOther sources of biasThe Jadad score

Zhang 2017 [8]Random number table, lowDimnessDimnessDimnessDimnessNo, lowLow2
Zheng 2014 [9]The order of visits was random and lowDimnessDimnessDimnessDimnessNo, lowLow2
Zhang 2015 [10]Random number table, lowDimnessDimnessDimnessComplete, lowNo, lowLow3
Zhang 2017 [11]Yes, dimnessDimnessDimnessDimnessComplete, lowNo, lowLow2
Dong 2012 [12]The order of visits was random and lowDimnessDimnessDimnessDimnessNo, lowLow2
Zhang 2019 [13]Random number table, lowDimnessDimnessDimnessComplete, lowNo, lowLow3
Lin 2018 [14]Random number table, lowDimnessDimnessDimnessComplete, lowNo, lowLow3
Shi 2020 [15]Random number table, lowDimnessDimnessDimnessComplete, lowNo, lowLow3
Gong 2019 [16]Yes, dimnessDimnessDimnessDimnessDimnessNo, lowLow1
Li 2017 [17]Yes, dimnessDimnessDimnessDimnessDimnessNo, lowLow1
Zhu 2016 [18]Random number table, lowDimnessDimnessDimnessComplete, lowNo, lowLow3