Toledo 2000.
Methods | Design: randomised controlled trial | |
Participants |
Number: 40 Age: intervention group: mean age 53.7, comparator group 1: mean age 55.4, comparator group 2: mean age 58.9 Gender: intervention group: 3 males, comparator group 1: 2 males, comparator group 2: 5 males Setting: not reported Eligibility criteria: BPPV diagnosed with clinical assessment and electronystagmography Exclusion criteria: CNS disturbances Baseline characteristics: described as similar between the groups but not reported |
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Interventions |
Intervention group: VR (PC, head‐eye and habituation) (n = 10) Comparator group 1: Semont manoeuvre (n = 10) Comparator group 2: Semont + VR (n = 20) VR versus other versus VR + other |
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Outcomes | Primary outcome: Dix‐Hallpike cure rate | |
Notes | Number of participants at follow‐up assessments was not reported | |
Risk of bias | ||
Bias | Authors' judgement | Support for judgement |
Random sequence generation (selection bias) | Unclear risk | Insufficient information about the sequence generation process |
Allocation concealment (selection bias) | Unclear risk | Insufficient information about the method of allocation |
Blinding (performance bias and detection bias) All outcomes | High risk | There was no blinding of assessors or participants |
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) All outcomes | Unclear risk | It is not clear from the results or the figures whether the data from all participants are included |
Selective reporting (reporting bias) | High risk | Numbers of participants in each group not provided in figures of results; data not reported adequately to enable meta‐analysis |
Other bias | Low risk | The study appears to be free of other sources of bias |