Argstatter 2006.
Methods | ||
Participants | ||
Interventions | ||
Outcomes | ||
Notes | See Table 8 | |
Risk of bias | ||
Bias | Authors' judgement | Support for judgement |
Random sequence generation (selection bias) | Unclear risk | Method of randomisation not descibed. |
Allocation concealment (selection bias) | Unclear risk | Not described. |
Blinding (performance bias and detection bias) Subjective outcomes | High risk | Patients aware of group allocation. |
Blinding (performance bias and detection bias) Objective outcomes | Unclear risk | Unclear whether measurements of physiological outcomes were automated. |
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) All outcomes | Low risk | Description of withdrawals and drop‐outs: 7 patients were excluded due to incomplete outcome data. Outcomes reported for > 80% of participants. |
Selective reporting (reporting bias) | Unclear risk | Unknown if selective outcome reporting. |
Protection from contamination? | Low risk | Music allocated to individuals via headphones. |