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. 2013 Jul 1;2013(7):CD009408. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD009408.pub2

Bi 2007.

Methods Design: randomised controlled trial
Allocation concealment: no
Blinding procedures: no blinding
Duration: 6‐12 weeks
Follow‐up: no follow‐up
Withdrawal/dropouts: none
Intention‐to‐treat: yes
Participants 60 women
Inclusion criteria: stress urinary incontinence
Exclusion criteria: no
Mean age: 52.8 years
Interventions A (30 women): electroacupuncture
B (30 women): midodrine hydrochloride
Outcomes Subjective cure rate: A) 13.3%, B) 6.7%
Subjective improved rate: A) 73.3%, B) 33.3%
Adverse effects: A 0/30, B 23/30 (headache, dizziness and thirst)
Notes Small sample size
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias) Low risk Random number table
Allocation concealment (selection bias) High risk No concealment
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias) 
 All outcomes High risk No blinding
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) 
 All outcomes High risk No blinding assessment
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) 
 All outcomes Low risk No incomplete data
Selective reporting (reporting bias) Low risk No selective reporting
Other bias Unclear risk Small sample size