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Table 1 Risk of Bias of Included Studies*

From: Effects of reflexology on premenstrual syndrome: a systematic review and meta-analysis

(Citation) Study (Year)

Selection Bias

Patient Blinding

Assessor Blinding

Incomplete Outcome Data

Selective Outcome Reporting

Random Sequence Generation

Allocation Concealment

[18] Oleson (1993)

L

U

L

U

L

L

[19] Kim (2002)

H

H

U

U

L

L

[20] Kim (2004)

U

U

U

U

U

L

[21] Lee (2011)

H

H

U

U

L

L

[11] Abdollahi Fard (2013)

L

U

L

U

L

L

[22] Baghdassarians (2015)

U

U

U

U

U

U

[23] Nalini (2015)

U

U

U

U

U

L

[24] Prema (2017)

U

U

U

U

U

U

[12] Shafaie (2018)

L

U

L

H

L

L

  1. *Domains of Quality Assessment Based on the Cochrane Tools for Assessing Risk of Bias
  2. Abbreviations; L low Risk of Bias, H High Risk of Bias, U Unclear (Uncertain) Risk of Bias