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Table 2 ROBINS-I (risk of bias judgements in non-randomized studies of interventions)

From: The effect of pacifier sucking on orofacial structures: a systematic literature review

 

Confounding

Selection of participants

Classification of interventions

Deviations from intended interventions

Missing data

Measurement of outcomes

Selection of reported results

Overall

Adair et al., 1995 [12]

Serious

Serious

Moderate

Moderate

Moderate

Low

Low

Serious

de Sousa et al., 2014 [23]

Serious

Serious

Moderate

Moderate

Moderate

Low

Low

Serious

Dimberg et al., 2010 [24]

Serious

Low

Moderate

Moderate

Moderate

Moderate

Moderate

Serious

Duncan et al., 2008 [9]

Serious

Moderate

Moderate

Moderate

Moderate

Moderate

Moderate

Serious

Facciolli Hebling et al., 2008 [25]

Serious

Serious

Moderate

Serious

Moderate

Moderate

Moderate

Serious

Katz and Rosenblatt, 2005 [26]

Moderate

Serious

Moderate

Moderate

Low

Low

Moderate

Serious

Lagana et al., 2013 [27]

Serious

Serious

Moderate

Serious

Moderate

Moderate

Moderate

Serious

Lima et al., 2016 [15]

Moderate

Moderate

Low

Moderate

Moderate

Low

Moderate

Moderate

Melsen et al., 1979 [28]

Serious

Serious

Moderate

Serious

Moderate

Moderate

Moderate

Serious

Moimaz et al., 2014 [3]

Moderate

Moderate

Low

Low

Low

Low

Low

Moderate

Scavone et al., 2007 [29]

Moderate

Serious

Moderate

Moderate

Moderate

Moderate

Moderate

Serious

Schlomer, 1984 [30]

Serious

Serious

Serious

Serious

Serious

Serious

Moderate

Serious

Tibolla et al., 2012 [31]

Serious

Serious

Serious

Serious

Serious

Moderate

Moderate

Serious

Wagner and Heinrich-Weltzien, 2016 [16]

Low

Low

Low

Low

Moderate

Low

Moderate

Moderate

Warren and Bishara, 2002 [32]

Low

Low

Low

Low

Moderate

Low

Low

Moderate

Zimmer et al., 2011 [13]

Moderate

Moderate

Low

Moderate

Moderate

Low

Low

Moderate

Zimmer et al., 2016 [14]

Serious

Moderate

Moderate

Moderate

Moderate

Low

Low

Serious

  1. Low comparable to a well-performed randomized trial, Moderate sound for a non-randomized study, but not comparable to a rigorous randomized trial, Serious presence of important problems, Critical too problematic to provide any useful evidence on the effects of intervention, Overall risk of bias equal to the most severe level of bias found in any domain