A note on the jadad score as an efficient tool for measuring trial quality.

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

Who cites it

16 citing papers in PubMed, 8 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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2. Risk factors for incomplete excision of colorectal polyps: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC gastroenterology · 2025
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3. A network meta-analysis ofFrontiers in pediatrics · 2025
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4. Direct oral anticoagulants versus standard anticoagulation in children treated for acute venous thromboembolism.Pediatric research · 2023
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5. Clinical effect of Danshen decoction in patients with heart failure: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.PloS one · 2023
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6. Immunogenicity of different dosing schedules of the human live attenuate rotavirus vaccine (RV1) in infants and children: a meta-analysis.Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics · 2019
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7. Comparing the immunogenicity and safety of 3 Japanese encephalitis vaccines in Asia-Pacific area: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics · 2015
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8. The Effect of Acupuncture in Breast Cancer-Related Lymphoedema (BCRL): A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Integrative cancer therapies
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9. Does the guide sheath outperform the non-guide sheath method in endobronchial ultrasound-guided biopsy of peripheral pulmonary lesions?-a meta-analysis.Journal of thoracic disease · 2024
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10. The Impact of Antimicrobial Therapy Duration in the Treatment of Prosthetic Joint Infections Depending on Surgical Strategies: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Open forum infectious diseases · 2023
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11. Prophylactic abdominal drainage following appendectomy for complicated appendicitis: A meta-analysis.Frontiers in surgery · 2022
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12. Danshen Decoction in the Treatment of Hyperlipidemia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Protocol of Randomized Controlled Trials.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2022
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13. Short- and mid-term outcomes of transanal versus laparoscopic total mesorectal excision for low rectal cancer: a meta-analysis.Annals of surgical treatment and research · 2021
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14. Conflicts of Interest, Selective Inertia, and Research Malpractice in Randomized Clinical Trials: An Unholy Trinity.Science and engineering ethics · 2015
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15. Trial quality checklists: on the need to multiply (not add) scores.Clinical oral investigations · 2013
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16. Enamel matrix derivative and root coverage: A literature review.Revista cientifica odontologica (Universidad Cientifica del Sur)
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Corrections and comments

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Authors and funding

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Funding

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Abstract

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