Li 2006.
Methods | Country where data collected: China Parallel‐group RCT Unit of randomisation: participant Unit of analysis: participant Duration: NR |
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Participants | Inclusion criteria: NR Exclusion criteria: NR Participants: 277 hospital patients with superficial, deep or residual burn wounds Mean age (years): 30.3 (range 5‐74) Male participants: NR Burn type: NR Burn degree: superficial 46 vs 16; deep 89 vs 32; residual 68 vs 26 Burn size (%TBSA): 3.4 ± 0.6 (range 0.1‐6.0) Burn location: trunk and limbs |
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Interventions | Intervention arm 1: carbon fibre dressing changed daily Intervention arm 2: 0.5% iodine gauze changed daily Cointerventions: NR |
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Outcomes | Primary outcome: wound healing Secondary outcome: adverse events |
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Notes | Funding NR Article in Chinese, extracted and assessed for risk of bias by one review author, discussed with a second review author |
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Risk of bias | ||
Bias | Authors' judgement | Support for judgement |
Random sequence generation (selection bias) | Unclear risk | Comment: a random component in the sequence generation process was not reported in detail |
Allocation concealment (selection bias) | Unclear risk | Comment: it did not state how randomisation sequence was allocated |
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) All outcomes | Low risk | Comment: not mentioned |
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) All outcomes | Low risk | Comment: results section and tables show that all participant data were included in analysis |
Selective reporting (reporting bias) | Unclear risk | Comment: protocol not obtained, based on paper only |
Other bias | Unclear risk | The whole process of conducting this RCT was not clear |