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 |