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Table 5 Cochrane risk of bias (Robins-I) tool for non-randomised studies

From: The use of three implants to support a fixed prosthesis in the management of the edentulous mandible: a systematic review

Year

First author

Study design

Confounding

Selection of participants

Classification of interventions

Deviation from interventions

Missing data

Measurement of outcomes

Selection of results

Overall

2001

De Bruyn [10]

Prospective

Moderate

Low

Low

Low

Low

Low

Low

Moderate

2003

Engstrand [11]

Prospective

Moderate

Moderate

Low

Moderate

Moderate

Low

Moderate

Moderate

2003

Henry [12]

Prospective

Moderate

Low

Moderate

Moderate

Moderate

Moderate

Low

Moderate

2004

Van Steenberghe [13]

Prospective

Moderate

Moderate

Low

Moderate

Moderate

Moderate

Moderate

Moderate

2009

Gualini [14]

Retrospective

Moderate

Moderate

Moderate

Moderate

Moderate

Moderate

Low

Moderate

2011

Hatano [16]

Retrospective

Moderate

Moderate

Moderate

Moderate

Moderate

Moderate

Moderate

Moderate

2012

Olivia [17]

Retrospective

Moderate

Moderate

Serious

Moderate

Serious

Moderate

Moderate

Serious

2012

Rivaldo [18]

Prospective

Moderate

Moderate

Moderate

Moderate

Low

Moderate

Low

Moderate

2018

Beresford [19]

Prospective

Moderate

Moderate

Moderate

Moderate

Low

Moderate

Moderate

Moderate

2018

Primo [21]

Prospective

Moderate

Moderate

Moderate

Moderate

Low

Moderate

Low

Moderate

2019

Menini [22]

Case series

Moderate

Serious

Moderate

Moderate

Low

Low

Moderate

Serious

2019

Mezzari [23]

Retrospective

Moderate

Moderate

Moderate

Moderate

Low

Moderate

Low

Moderate

2020

Anya [24]

Retrospective

Moderate

Moderate

Moderate

Moderate

Low

Moderate

Moderate

Moderate

2020

Higuchi [25]

Prospective

Moderate

Moderate

Low

Moderate

Low

Moderate

Low

Moderate