Memon 2005.
| Methods | Country where data collected: Pakistan Parallel‐group RCT Unit of randomisation: participant Unit of analysis: participant Duration: NR |
|
| Participants | Inclusion criteria: aged 4‐62 years, superficial‐dermal, mid‐dermal or deep‐dermal burns 10%‐40% TBSA Exclusion criteria: people with chemical or electrical burns, superficial burns, full‐thickness burns or burns involving > 40% TBSA Participants: 80 Mean age (years): Male participants: 54/80 Burn type: NR (not chemical or electrical) Burn degree: superficial 18 vs 12, mid‐dermal 6/8, deep‐dermal 16/20 Burn size (%TBSA): 10%‐15% 18 vs 12; 16%‐25% 14 vs 20; 26%‐40% 8 vs 8 Burn location: NR |
|
| Interventions | Intervention arm 1: natural, unprocessed honey‐gauze dressings every other day Intervention arm 2: SSD dressings (SSD cream covered with occlusive dressing) every other day |
|
| Outcomes | Primary outcome: wound healing | |
| Notes | Funding source NR | |
| Risk of bias | ||
| Bias | Authors' judgement | Support for judgement |
| Random sequence generation (selection bias) | Unclear risk | Quote: “The patients were allotted at random in two different groups” Comment: in addition, it was reported in the abstract that the design was “a quasiexperimental study” The method for generating the random sequence was not reported |
| Allocation concealment (selection bias) | Unclear risk | Quote: “The patients were allotted at random in two different groups”. Comment: there was no information on whether allocation sequence was adequately concealed |
| Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) All outcomes | Unclear risk | Comment: no quote but no information on blinding reported |
| Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) All outcomes | Low risk | Coment: ITT analysis was not reported, but since no drop‐outs were reported and all the randomised participants completed the study, ITT analysis was assumed to have been done and to be acceptable |
| Selective reporting (reporting bias) | Low risk | Comment: the study protocol was not available, but the important outcome measures stated in the methods section were reported in the results |
| Other bias | Unclear risk | Insufficient reporting to determine the risk of other sources of bias |