| Pathak 2013 |
Low risk of bias |
Allocation concealed, sequence generation random and baseline characteristics does not reveal any imbalance between the two groups. |
Low risk of bias |
Though the personnel were aware of the intervention allocation, but there seems to be no deviations that arouse outside the trial context. Also all patients analysed as randomised. |
Low risk of bias |
Data reasonably complete for all the included patients |
Low risk of bias |
Being an objective outcome, it is unlikely that assessment of the outcome would be influenced by knowledge of allocation group |
Low risk of bias |
Trial analysed as per a priori registered protocol. |
Low risk of bias |
Low risk across all domains |
