Ning 2008.
Methods | Country where data collected: China Parallel‐group RCT (intra‐individual) Unit of randomisation: burn Unit of analysis: burn Duration: 28 days |
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Participants | Inclusion criteria: deep partial second‐degree burn wounds < 60% TBSA; age 18‐65; presented within 24 h of injury Exclusion criteria: complications; other disease; pregnancy; multiple trauma or serious comorbidity Participants: 20 participants with 2 comparable burns Mean age (years): NR Male participants: 12/20 Burn type: NR Burn degree: 2nd degree Burn size (%TBSA): 24.1 ± 0.2 Burn location: NR |
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Interventions | Intervention arm 1: sodium hypochlorite (Dermacyn) changed every other day. N = 20 burns Intervention arm 2: SSD changed every other day. N = 20 burns Cointerventions: NR |
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Outcomes | Primary outcome: wound healing Secondary outcome: adverse events |
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Notes | Article in Chinese, extracted and assessed for risk of bias by one review author, discussed with a second review author Funding NR |
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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 was not stated how the randomisation sequence was allocated |
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) All outcomes | Unclear 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, including whether the paired data were accounted for in the analysis |