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Table 1 Risk of bias of RCT and non-RCT studies included in the systematic review

From: Hygiene-based measures for the prevention of cytomegalovirus infection in pregnant women: a systematic review

Study

Type of study

Domain 1

Domain 2

Domain 3

Domain 4

Domain 5

Quality

Adler et al., (2004) [52]

RCT

Low

Low

Low

Low

Low

High a

Calvert et al., (2021) [53]

RCT

High

Low

Low

Low

Low

High a

  

Item 1

Item 2

Item 3

Item 4

Item 5

Item 6

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Item 8

Item 9

Item 10

Item 11

Item 12

 

Valoup-Fellous et al., (2009)

Non-RCT

2

1

0

2

0

2

2

0

NA

NA

NA

1

Low b

Picone et al., (2009) [50]

Non-RCT

2

2

0

2

0

2

2

0

NA

NA

NA

2

Low b

Reichman et al., (2014) [48]

Non-RCT

2

2

0

0

0

2

2

0

NA

NA

NA

2

Low b

Revello et al., (2015) [49]

Non-RCT

2

2

0

2

0

2

1

1

2

2

1

2

Low b

  1. not reported, reported but inadequate, reported and adequate, NA Not applicable. a – quality assessment by RoB2 (Sterne et al., 2019); b – quality assessment by MINORS tool (Slim et al., 2003)