Different Acupuncture Therapies for Allergic Rhinitis: Overview of Systematic Reviews and Network Meta-Analysis

Table 3

Methodological quality of included systematic reviews.

First author and year

AMSTAR2 item

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

Li et al., 2018 [18]

Y

N

Y

PY

Y

Y

N

PY

Y

N

Y

Y

Y

N

Y

N

Liu et al, 2017 [19]

Y

N

Y

PY

Y

Y

N

PY

Y

N

Y

Y

Y

N

Y

N

Zhang et al., 2017 [9]

Y

N

Y

PY

Y

Y

N

PY

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

N

N

Qu and Liu, 2016 [20]

Y

N

Y

Y

N

N

N

PY

Y

N

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

N

Lin and Lim, 2017 [21]

Y

N

Y

PY

Y

Y

Y

PY

Y

N

Y

N

N

Y

Y

N

Zhao et al., 2009 [22]

Y

N

Y

PY

N

N

N

PY

N

N

Y

Y

Y

N

Y

N

Chen, 2015 [23]

Y

N

Y

PY

Y

Y

Y

PY

Y

N

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

N

Huang, 2013 [24]

Y

N

Y

PY

Y

Y

Y

PY

Y

N

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

N

Li et al., 2013 [25]

Y

N

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

PY

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

N

Wang, 2016 [26]

Y

N

Y

PY

Y

Y

Y

PY

Y

N

Y

Y

Y

N

N

N

Xiao et al., 2009 [27]

Y

N

Y

PY

Y

Y

Y

PY

Y

N

Y

Y

Y

Y

N

N

Xie et al., 2018 [8]

Y

N

Y

PY

N

N

N

PY

Y

N

Y

Y

Y

Y

N

N

Liang, 2015 [28]

Y

N

Y

PY

N

N

Y

PY

N

N

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

N

Liang et al., 2015 [29]

Y

N

Y

PY

N

N

Y

PY

N

N

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

N

Chen et al., 2016 [30]

Y

N

Y

PY

N

N

Y

PY

Y

N

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

N

Zeng, 2017 [31]

Y

N

Y

PY

Y

Y

Y

PY

Y

N

Y

Y

Y

Y

N

N

Liu et al., 2016 [32]

Y

N

Y

PY

Y

Y

N

PY

Y

N

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

N

Zhang, 2012 [33]

Y

N

Y

PY

Y

Y

N

PY

Y

N

Y

Y

Y

Y

N

N

Fu et al., 2019 [10]

Y

Y

Y

PY

Y

Y

Y

PY

Y

N

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Zhou et al., 2016 [34]

Y

Y

Y

PY

Y

Y

Y

PY

Y

N

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Percentage of Y

100

10

100

10

70

70

60

0

85

10

100

95

95

80

70

10

Critical items; Y: yes; N: no. PY: partial yes; Item 1: Did the research question and inclusion criteria include PICO? Item 2: Was there a prepublished plan? Were there significant biases in research and protocols? Item 3: Did the author explain the type of study design included? Item 4: Was a comprehensive literature search strategy used?. Item 5: Were repeated research screenings performed? Item 6: Was there duplicate data extraction? Item 7: Was there a list of excluded studies with reasons for exclusion given? Item 8: Was there a list of included studies with reasons for inclusion given? Item 9: Were appropriate tools used to assess the risk of bias for each included study? Item 10: Were the sources of funding disclosed in the study report? Item 11: If a meta-analysis was performed, were the results statistically combined using appropriate methods? Item 12: If a meta-analysis was performed, was the effect of the risk of bias explained in the results? Item 13: If a meta-analysis was performed, was the effect of the risk of bias explained in the discussion? Item 14: Was heterogeneity properly explained in the discussion? Item 15: If quantitative analysis was performed, were publication biases adequately investigated and their possible impacts discussed? Item 16: Were any potential sources of conflicts of interest disclosed?