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. 2012 Mar 14;2012(3):CD005315. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD005315.pub2

Chang 2005.

Methods  
Participants  
Interventions  
Outcomes  
Notes See Table 8
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias) Unclear risk "Randomly allocated to experimental and control groups." Method of randomisation not described
Allocation concealment (selection bias) Unclear risk Not described.
Blinding (performance bias and detection bias) 
 Subjective outcomes High risk Patients in the control group were not aware they had not had the opportunity to listen to music.
Blinding (performance bias and detection bias) 
 Objective outcomes Low risk Physiological outcomes were measured via automated system.
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) 
 All outcomes Low risk 6 withdrew from the music group for the following reasons:"(a) lost interest (n = 2), (b) received nitrous oxide or sedative (n=2), (c) had a newborn with imperforate anus (n = 1) or had failure of local anesthesia (n = 1)"
6 withdrew from the control group for the following reasons: "(a) had emergency caesarean section (n = 2) and (b) received nitrous oxide or sedative (n = 4)"
Selective reporting (reporting bias) Unclear risk Unknown if selective outcome reporting.
Protection from contamination? Unclear risk Interventions administered on an individual basis.