Bias | Author's judgment | Support for judgment |
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Risk of bias arising from the randomization process | Some concerns risk |
No information on how the randomization was conducted. “Participants and data analysts were masked to group assignment.” |
Risk of bias due to deviations from the intended interventions (effect of assignment to intervention) | Low | healthcare worker delivering the intervention was aware of the participants assigned to the trial however there were no deviations reported. |
Risk of bias due to deviations from the intended interventions (effect of adhering to intervention) | Some concerns | Participants were possibly aware of their assigned intervention as well as the people delivering the intervention. |
Missing outcome data | Low risk | Data was reported for most participants. Reason for missing participants was reported. |
Risk of bias in measurement of the outcome | Some concerns | outcome measures were appropriate however assessors were not blinded. |
Risk of bias in selection of the reported result | Low risk | All outcomes were measured as stated in methods |