Author, year, Reference | Place of study | sample size | Mean ± SD of Before | Mean ± SD of 3 months | Mean ± SD of 6 months | Quality |
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Suksompong, 2012, [9] | Thailand | 28 | 2.14 | 1.45 | – | High |
Ergun, 2011, [10] | Turkey | 50 | 2.03 ± 0.41 | 1.95 ± 0.62 | – | High |
Ergun, 2015, [11] | Turkey | 38 | 3.15 ± 2.86 | 2.10 ± 1.82 | – | High |
Hwu, 2011, [12] | Taiwan | 147 | 2.48 | 1.33 | – | High |
Chang, 2010, [13] | Korea | 20 | 2.78 | 1.8 | – | Medium |
Mostaejeran, 2015, [14] | Iran | 33 | 3.08 | 1.75 | – | Medium |
Adnyana, 2018, [15] | Indonesia | 25 | 2.17 ± 1.24 | 1.79 ± 0.97 | – | High |
Chun, 2015, [16] | Korea | 26 | 4.97 ± 2.66 | 3.59 ± 1.83 | – | High |
Salihoğlu, 2016, [17] | Canada | 34 | 3.50 ± 2.70 | 2.70 ± 1.40 | – | High |
Alborzi, 2014, [6] | Iran | 193 | 4.31 ± 3.82 | 2.53 ± 2.92 | – | High |
El-Dorf-1, 2015, [18] | Egypt | 120 | 3.10 ± 0.31 | 2.50 ± 0.11 | 2.20 ± 0.27 | High |
El-Dorf-2, 2015, [18] | Egypt | 80 | 2.40 ± 0.22 | 2.00 ± 0.23 | 1.90 ± 0.21 | High |
Nappi, 2016, [19] | Italy | 45 | 3.01 ± 0.78 | – | 2.76 ± 0.8 | High |
Saito, 2018, [20] | Japan | 32 | 4.40 ± 2.55 | – | 1.2 ± 1.3 | High |
Marshall, 2019, [21] | Sudan | 20 | 3.22 | – | 1.82 | Medium |
Shao, 2016, [22] | China | 36 | 5.02 ± 3.05 | – | 4.43 ± 2.13 | High |
Celik, 2012, [23] | Turkey | 39 | 1.05 | – | 0.6 | High |