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. |