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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Sep 23.
Published in final edited form as: Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2011 Aug 10;(8):CD000125. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD000125.pub4
Score
YES
If missing outcome variables were unlikely to bias the results (e.g. the proportion of missing data was similar in the intervention and the control group, or the proportion of missing data was less than the effect size, i. e. unlikely to overturn the study results
Score
NO
If missing data was likely to bias the results.
Score
UNCLEAR
If not specified in the paper (Do not assume 100% follow up unless stated explicitly)