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Table 2 Details of quality evaluation for the included RCTs according to the Cochrane’s Risk of Bias Tool

From: Influences of remote ischemic preconditioning on postoperative delirium and cognitive dysfunction in adults after cardiac surgery: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Study

Random sequence generation

Allocation concealment

Blinding of participants

Blinding of outcome assessment

Incomplete outcome data addressed

Selective reporting

Other sources of bias

Total

Jing 2011

Low

Unclear

Low

Low

Low

Low

Low

6

Joung 2013

Low

Unclear

Low

Low

Low

Low

Low

6

Meybohm 2013

Unclear

Low

Low

Low

Low

Low

Low

6

Hudetz 2015

Unclear

Low

Low

Low

Low

Low

Low

6

Meybohm 2015

Low

Low

Low

Low

Low

Low

Low

7

Brown 2016

Unclear

Unclear

Low

Low

Low

Low

Low

5

Kim 2017

Low

Low

Low

Low

Low

Low

Low

7

Meybohm 2018

Low

Low

Low

Low

Low

Low

Low

7

Wang 2019

Low

Unclear

Low

Low

Low

Low

Low

6

Gasparovic 2019

Low

Low

Low

Low

Low

Low

Low

7