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. 2012 Aug 15;2012(8):CD004879. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD004879.pub4
Methods see Tam 2007a (year 2)
Participants
Interventions
Outcomes
Funding Source
Notes
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias) Low risk Random number
Allocation concealment (selection bias) Low risk "At enrolment, each subject was assigned the next sequential subject number and received study product of the treatment code assigned to that subject number according to a preprinted randomisation allocation list"
Blinding (performance bias and detection bias) All outcomes Low risk Double‐blinding
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) All outcomes Unclear risk Possibility of biased follow‐up and reporting bias
Summary assessments Low risk Plausible bias unlikely to seriously alter the results