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Table 2 The risk of bias of RCTS (Jadad scale)

From: Which is better for gastric cancer patients, perioperative or adjuvant chemotherapy: a meta-analysis

Reference

Randomization

Blinding

Withdraw and dropout

Jadad’s score

Quality

Yonemura

2

0

0

2

Moderate

Kobayashi

2

0

1

3

High

Nio

2

0

1

3

High

Qu

2

0

1

3

High

X.Sun

2

0

1

3

High

  1. Randomization: randomization was described with appropriate method- 2 score, randomization was described without appropriate method- 1 score, no randomization- 0 score
  2. Blinding: blinding was performed on all doctors and patients- 2 score, blinding was partially performed on doctors and patients- 1 score, no blinding- 0 score
  3. Withdraw and dropout: the reason of withdraw and dropout was described- 1 score, the reason of withdraw and dropout was not described- 0 score
  4. Quality: High-quality trials should score ≥ 3. moderate-quality trials should score ≥ 2