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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Oct 12.
Published in final edited form as: Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2009 Oct 7;(4):CD006690. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD006690.pub2
Item Authors’
judgement
Support for judgement
Adequate sequence generation? Unclear Randomisation method not mentioned in paper and unable to contact
author.
Allocation concealment? Unclear Allocation concealment not mentioned in paper and unable to contact
author.
Blinding? No Participants were not blinded. It is not clear if the outcome assessor or
intervention providers were blinded. Unable to contact author.
Incomplete outcome data
addressed?
Yes All participants reported. No withdrawals.
Free of selective reporting? Unclear No protocol but all nominated and expected outcomes reported.
Free of other bias? Yes None identified.