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].