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. 2012 Nov 14;2012(11):CD007407. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD007407.pub3

Mishra 2000.

Methods RCT; 4 arms; assessed at pre‐treatment, post‐treatment
Participants End of treatment n = 94
Start of treatment n = 94
Sex: 77 F, 7 M
Mean age = 35.8 (SD 9.9)
Source = pain or rehabilitation clinic and volunteer
Diagnosis = temporomandibular joint disorder
Mean years of pain = 7.0
Interventions "Biofeedback" (BT)
"Cognitive behavioural skills training" (CBT)
"Cognitive behavioural skills training + biofeedback"
"no treatment control"
Outcomes Primary pain outcome: CPI pain index
Primary disability outcome: none available
Primary mood outcome: none available
Catastrophising outcomes: none
Characteristic Pain Index (CPI) pain severity 0 to 100                        
Graded Chronic Pain Score
Profile of Mood States total
Notes CBT versus TAU, post‐treatment: analysis 3.1
BT versus TAU, post‐treatment: analysis 7.1
Yates quality scale: total quality = 19/35, design quality = 12/26, treatment quality = 7/9
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias) High risk "patients were assigned to group in a semi‐random fashion using the urn method of random assignment"
Allocation concealment (selection bias) High risk Not reported
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) 
 All outcomes High risk Attrition not reported
Selective reporting (reporting bias) High risk Partially reported
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) 
 All outcomes High risk Not reported