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 |
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Participants |
Baseline characteristics Blue‐light filtering IOL group
Non‐blue‐light filtering IOL group
Inclusion criteria: people with cataract aged 40 to 80 years Exclusion criteria: not reported Comparison of study groups at baseline: not reported |
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Interventions |
Intervention characteristics Blue‐light filtering IOL
Non‐blue‐light filtering IOL
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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 |
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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 |