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. 2006 Jul 19;2006(3):CD004563. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD004563.pub2

3. Risk of bias assessment.

Trial Concealment of allocation Follow‐up of professionals Follow‐up of patients or episodes of care Blinded assessment of primary outcome(s) Baseline measurement Reliable primary outcome measure(s) Protection against contamination Overall risk of bias
Abelson 2003 Not clear Not relevant Not done Not clear Done Done Done High
Chumbley 2002 Done Not relevant Done Not clear Not clear Done Done Moderate
Clark 1999 Not clear Not relevant Done Not clear Done Done Done Moderate
Aabakken 1997 Done Not relevant Done Not clear Not clear Done Done Moderate
Polowczyk 1993 Not clear Not relevant Done Not clear Done Done Done Moderate
Guarino 2006 Not clear Not relevant Not done Not clear Done Not clear Done High