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. 2009 Jul 21;6(7):e1000100. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1000100

Table 3. Example Table: Quality measures of the randomized controlled trials that failed to fulfill any one of six markers of validity.

Trials Concealment of Randomisation RCT Stopped Early Patients Blinded Health Care Providers Blinded Data Collectors Blinded Outcome Assessors Blinded
Liu No No Yes Yes Yes Yes
Stone Yes No No Yes Yes Yes
Polderman Yes Yes No No No Yes
Zaugg Yes No No No Yes Yes
Urban Yes Yes No No, except anesthesiologists Yes Yes

RCT, randomized controlled trial.

Adapted from [96].