Identification of studies via databases and registers Identification of studies via other methods

Records identified from

Databases (n = 923): Records identified from:
Identification   Records removed before  
PubMed (n = 396) screening: Google Scholar (n = 200)
Scopus (n = 100)   OpenGrey (n = 0)
Web of Science (n = 127) Duplicate records removed ClinicalTrials.gov (n = 2)
Cochrane Library (n = 86) (n = 412) Hand Search (n = 0)
Lilacs (n = 64)   Reference Lists (n = 0)
Embase (n = 107)
Livivo (n = 43)
 
 
Records screened Records excluded
(n = 511) (n = 500)

Reports sought for retrieval Reports not retrieved Reports sought for retrieval
Reports not retrieved (n = 0)
(n = 11)
Screening

(n = 0) (n = 202)

Reports assessed for eligibility Reports excluded (n = 6):
(n = 11)
 
Letters to the Editor (n = 1)
Different retainers used (n = 5)
Reports assessed for eligibility
Reports excluded (n = 202).
(n = 202)

Studies included in the

Included

qualitative synthesis (n = 5)
 
Studies included in the
quantitative synthesis (n = 0)