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

Ueda 2005.

Methods Study design: RCT
Study grouping: parallel group, involving 31 participants (although the number of eyes is 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): 16 (?)

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

  • Age (mean ± unit of error ‐ not specified): 71.1 ± 6.7 years


Non‐blue‐light filtering IOL group
  • Number of participants: number of people (number of eyes): 15 (?)

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

  • Age (mean ± unit of error ‐ not specified): 72.1 ± 6.6 years


Inclusion criteria: people with cataract aged 40 to 80 years
Exclusion criteria: not reported
Comparison of study groups at baseline: not reported
Interventions Intervention characteristics
Blue‐light filtering IOL
  • Type of IOL: ENV‐13 (Menicon)


Non‐blue‐light filtering IOL
  • Type of IOL: ES‐13 (Menicon)

Outcomes The mean fluorescein transmittance in vitreous by vitreous fluorophotometry, the cystoid macular oedema by fluorescence angiography, and the thickness of fovea by optical coherence tomography at three months and 12 months postoperatively
Identification Sponsorship source:
Funding sources: none
Declaration of interest: none for all authors
Country: not reported
Setting: not reported
Comments:
Date study conducted: not reported
Trial registration number: not reported
Contacting study investigators: study authors not contacted; no additional information used for review
First author's name: T Ueda
Institution: Ophthamology, Showa University, Tokyo, Japan
Email: not reported
Corresponding author's address: not reported
Notes ARVO conference abstract
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: no information provided on masking. We assume that in absence of reporting on this, patients and personnel were not masked.
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) 
 All outcomes High risk Judgement comment: no information provided on masking. We assume that in absence of reporting on this, outcome assessors were not masked.
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 provided within abstract to judge other potential sources of bias