The most important clinical and demographic data of the included studies
are presented in the form of standard deviations and percentages.
3.4. Risk of bias and
quality of individual studies.
The 17 included studies were evaluated with the JBI tool. All 17 studies
were case report studies, no case series studies were found. The JBI
checklist for case reports consists of an 8-item scale which includes
the patient’s demographic characteristics, medical history, current
clinical condition, description of diagnostic tests, treatment,
post-intervention clinical condition, adverse events, and the provision
of takeaway lessons33. Of the studies evaluated, the
results were: 3 studies were evaluated as low quality and 14 studies
were evaluated as high quality. The scores obtained are as follows:
Score below 4 (n=3; 3 studies scored 3) and score above 4 (n=14; 1 study
scored 5, 2 studies scored 6, 4 studies scored 7 and 7 studies scored
8). The studies were rated ”Unclear” particularly on the questions: Was
the postintervention clinical condition clearly described? And does the
case report provide takeaway lessons? The risk and quality assessment
process of the studies evaluated by the JBI tool is shown in detail inTable 3 .
Table 3. Risk of Bias and Quality Assessment of Included
Studies.