Table 2

Risk-of-bias rating per study.

StudyConfoundingSelection of participantsClassification of interventionDeviation from intended interventionMissing dataMeasurement of outcomesSelection of reported resultOverall risk of bias
Budzyn et al20CriticalCriticalModerateModerateCriticalSeriousSeriousCritical
Jehn et al21CriticalSeriousModerateModerateCriticalSeriousSeriousCritical
Nelson et al22CriticalCriticalModerateModerateCriticalSeriousSeriousCritical
Cowger et al 23CriticalCriticalModerateModerateCriticalSeriousSeriousCritical
Boutzoukas et al24CriticalCriticalCriticalModerateCriticalSeriousSeriousSerious
Manny et al25CriticalModerateCriticalSeriousLowModerateCriticalCritical
Coma et al27SeriousSeriousModerateModerateSeriousModerateModerateModerate
Alonso et al28SeriousSeriousModerateModerateSeriousModerateModerateModerate
UK Department for Education, 202230CriticalModerateModerateSeriousCriticalSeriousSeriousModerate
Oster et al31CriticalCriticalModerateSeriousSeriousSeriousSeriousSerious
Sasser et al32CriticalCriticalModerateModerateCriticalSeriousSeriousSerious
Lessler et al33CriticalCriticalSeriousModerateCriticalSeriousSeriousSerious
White et al34CriticalModerateCriticalModerateLowModerateModerateCritical
Gettings et al35SeriousCriticalModerateSeriousCriticalModerateModerateSerious
Tennessee Department of Health and Census36CriticalSeriousModerateModerateCriticalSeriousSeriousSerious
Cabrera37SeriousModerateModerateCriticalSeriousSeriousModerateSerious
Sood et al38SeriousModerateModerateModerateModerateModerateModerateModerate
Juutinen et al39ModerateModerateModerateModerateModerateModerateLowModerate
Ludvigsson41ModerateModerateCriticalLowLowLowLowSerious
Suryawijaya et al42CriticalModerateLowCriticalLowLowLowSerious
Brandal et al43CriticalLowCriticalLowLowLowLowSerious
Lam-Hine et al44SeriousCriticalSeriousLowLowModerateLowSerious