Baghel 2009.
| Methods | Country where data collected: India Parallel‐group RCT Unit of randomisation: participant Unit of analysis: participant Duration: 2 months (follow‐up) |
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| Participants | Inclusion criteria: 10‐50 years, 1st‐ or 2nd‐degree burn less than 50% TBSA Exclusion criteria: immunocompromised people; patients on chemotherapy, with renal or liver failure or with asthma Participants: 78 hospital patients Mean age (years): 34.5 vs 28.5 years Male participants: 21/37 vs 23/41 Burn type: NR Burn degree: 1st‐degree 21/37 vs 21/41; 2nd 16/37 vs 20/41 Burn size (%TBSA): < 10% 0 vs 2; 11%‐20% 7 vs 12; 21%‐30% 13 vs 10; 31%‐40% 8 vs 6; 41%‐50% 9 vs 11 Burn location: NR |
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| Interventions | Intervention arm 1: pure undiluted honey; wounds dressed daily with sterile gauze and cotton dressing applied. N = 37 Intervention arm 2: SSD; wounds dressed daily with sterile gauze and cotton dressing applied. N = 41 Cointerventions: All stabilised and given IV antibiotics (ampicillin, gentamicin, metronidazole) for minimum 10 days in 2nd‐degree and 5 days in 1st‐degree, wounds cleaned |
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| Outcomes | Primary outcome: wound healing (mean time to wound healing) | |
| Notes | Funding NR | |
| Risk of bias | ||
| Bias | Authors' judgement | Support for judgement |
| Random sequence generation (selection bias) | Unclear risk | Quote “after taking consent patients were randomly attributed to two study groups” Comment: no information on how randomisation sequence was derived |
| Allocation concealment (selection bias) | Unclear risk | Quote “after taking consent patients were randomly attributed to two study groups” Comment: no information on whether allocation of study treatment was concealed |
| Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) All outcomes | Unclear risk | Quote: "Wound was assessed at third and seventh day and at the time of completion of study. Final outcome was measured after 2 months of follow‐up, in terms of complete and incomplete recovery." Comment: no information on whether assessment was blinded |
| Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) All outcomes | Low risk | Comment: no specific quote but outcome data on time to healing reported for all 78 randomised participants |
| Selective reporting (reporting bias) | Unclear risk | Comment: no specific quote but outcomes other than "complete recovery" were not prespecified so it is unclear whether all outcomes assessed were fully reported |
| Other bias | Unclear risk | Comment: no specific quote, no evidence of other bias but reporting insufficient to be certain |