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. 2018 May 22;2018(5):CD011977. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD011977.pub2

Kuchenbecker 2004.

Methods Study design: RCT
Study grouping: parallel group, involving 15 participants (number of eyes not reported)
Exclusions after randomisation: not reported
Losses to follow‐up: not reported
How missing data were handled: not reported
Reported power size calculation? no
Participants Baseline characteristics
Blue‐light filtering IOL group
  • Number of participants: number of people (number of eyes): not reported

  • Sex (number of women/number of men): not reported

  • Age (mean ± unit of error): not reported


Non‐blue‐light filtering IOL group
  • Number of participants: number of people (number of eyes): not reported

  • Sex (number of women/number of men): not reported

  • Age (mean ± unit of error): not reported


Inclusion criteria: Non‐amblyopic patients between 60 and 80 years, with "inconspicuous" colour recognition (Ishihara)
Exclusion criteria: not reported
Comparison of study groups at baseline: not reported
Interventions Intervention characteristics
Blue‐light filtering IOL
  • Type of IOL: YA‐60BB (Hoya)


Non‐blue‐light filtering IOL
  • Type of IOL: VA‐60BB (Hoya)

Outcomes Visual acuity and contrast sensitivity at six weeks postoperatively
Identification Sponsorship source:
Funding sources: not reported
Declaration of interest: not reported
Country: Germany
Setting: not reported
Comments:
Date study conducted: not reported
Trial registration number: not reported
Contacting study investigators: study authors contacted to obtain further details about the abstract; no additional information provided for review
First author's name: J Kuchenbecker
Institution: Universitäts‐Augenklinik Magdeburg
Email: not reported
Corresponding author's address: not reported
Notes Conference abstract, in German
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias) Unclear risk Judgement comment: not reported how list was generated. Study is described as “randomised” but with no further details
Allocation concealment (selection bias) Unclear risk Judgement comment: not reported how allocation administered. Study is described as “randomised” but with no further details
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias) 
 All outcomes High risk Judgement comment: study is described as open label
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) 
 All outcomes High risk Judgement comment: study is described as open label
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) 
 All outcomes Unclear risk Judgement comment: follow‐up not reported
Selective reporting (reporting bias) Unclear risk Judgement comment: no access to protocol or trials registry entry
Other bias Unclear risk Judgement comment: insufficient information to judge other sources of bias