Table III.
Quality of Methodology of Randomized Controlled Trials Among the Pediatric Populationa
| Randomization Employed |
Randomization Method Described |
Sample Size Justified |
Characterization of Intervention Well- Described |
Control Group Justified |
Instructor Qualified | Intention to Treat | Withdrawals/ dropouts |
Outcome assessor blinded |
Appropriate Data Analysis |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bagga et. al. 1983 | √ | – | – | √ | – | – | – | – | – | √ | |
| Bera et. al. 1993 | √ | – | – | √ | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Bhushan et al 2006 | √ | – | – | √ | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Bose et. al. 1987 | √ | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Clance et. al. 1980 | √ | – | – | √ | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Donohue et al. 2006 | √ | – | – | – | √ | – | – | – | – | √ | |
| Jensen et al. 2004 | √ | – | – | √ | – | – | – | √ | – | √ | |
| Kuttner et al. 2006 | √ | √ | – | √ | – | – | – | √ | – | √ | |
| Malathi et al. 1999 India | √ | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Madanmohan et al. 2003 | √ | – | – | √ | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Manjunath et al. 1999 | √ | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Manjunath et al. 2001 | √ | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Mitchell et al. 2007 | √ | – | – | – | – | √ | – | √ | – | √ | |
| Moorthy et al. 1982 | √ | – | – | √ | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Raghuraj et al. 1997 | √ | – | – | √ | – | – | – | – | – | √ | |
| Raghuraj et al 2003 | √ | √ | – | – | √ | – | – | – | √ | √ | |
| Telles et al. 1997 | √ | – | – | √ | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Telles et al. 1998 | √ | – | – | – | √ | √ | – | – | – | – | |
| Uma et al. 1989 | √ | – | – | √ | – | √ | – | √ | – | √ |
a
√, reported adequately, -, reported in adequately