Prevention and the treatment of oral mucositis: the efficacy of sodium bicarbonate vs other agents: a systematic review

Table 5 Risk of bias evaluation for the selected RCT studies on therapy

RCT studies	Risk of bias arising from the randomization process	Risk of bias due to deviations from the intended interventions (effect of assignment to intervention)	Risk of bias due to deviations from the intended interventions (effect of adhering to intervention)	Risk of bias due to missing outcome data	Risk of bias in measurement of the outcome	Risk of bias in selection of the reported result	Overall bias
De Sanctis (2019) [19]	HR	LR	HR	HR	HR	LR	HR
Cabrera-Jaime (2017) [25]	LR	HR	LR	HR	LR	LR	HR
Dodd (2003) [22]	LR	LR	LR	LR	LR	LR	LR
Mubaraki (2020) [16]	LR	SC	LR	LR	LR	LR	SC
Satheeshkumar (2010) [23]	LR	LR	LR	LR	LR	LR	LR
Alkhouli (2021) [20]	LR	LR	LR	LR	LR	LR	LR
Chitapanarux (2018) [18]	LR	LR	LR	LR	LR	LR	LR
Dodd (2000) [21]	LR	LR	LR	LR	LR	LR	LR
Piredda (2017) [17]	LR	LR	LR	LR	HR	LR	HR
Choi (2012)	LR	HR	LR	HR	LR	LR	HR
Mohammadi (2022) [26]	LR	SC	LR	LR	LR	LR	SC

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