Chan 2003.
Methods | ||
Participants | ||
Interventions | ||
Outcomes | ||
Notes | See Table 8 | |
Risk of bias | ||
Bias | Authors' judgement | Support for judgement |
Random sequence generation (selection bias) | Low risk | "The subjects were randomly assigned to either a music or no‐music group by the research nurse using a computer‐generated random number series [...]" |
Allocation concealment (selection bias) | Low risk | "computer‐generated random number series contained within closed opaque envelopes." |
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 | Objective outcomes not addressed by this study. |
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) All outcomes | Low risk | "all subjects completed the STAI form again and assessed their degree of pain" "220 women were entered into the trial and all of them completed the study" |
Selective reporting (reporting bias) | Unclear risk | Unknown if selective outcome reporting. |
Protection from contamination? | Low risk | Interventions administered on an individual basis. |