Vuori 2006.
Methods |
Study design: RCT Study grouping: parallel group, involving 37 people (52 eyes) Exclusions after randomisation: not reported Losses to follow‐up: not reported How missing data were handled: in the photographic analysis, two eyes of one participant in the Acrysof Natural IOL group were excluded because of a very lightly pigmented fundus 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: white patients scheduled for phacoemulsification and IOL implantation Exclusion criteria: hereditary colour vision defects; medications that might affect colour vision, such as ethambutol; any medication for epilepsy; amiodarone; digitalis; anti‐inflammatory drugs; diabetes; any other ocular pathology except cataract Comparison of study groups at baseline: no apparent group differences, although this was not explicitly stated and sex of participants was not given |
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Interventions |
Intervention characteristics Blue‐light filtering IOL
Non‐blue‐light filtering IOL
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Outcomes | Colour vision (measured using Standard pseudoisochromatic plates, part 2, (SPP2) (Ichikawa et al. 1983) and the FarnsworthMunsell 100‐hue test (FM 100) (Farnsworth 1957)) and visibility of the retinal nerve fibre layer, from retinal fundus photography at one to six months postoperatively | |
Identification |
Sponsorship source: Funding sources: not reported Declaration of interest: not reported Country: Finland Setting: Department of Ophthalmology, Turku University Hopsital, Turku, Finland 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: Marja‐Liisa Vuori, MD Institution: Department of Ophthalmology Turku University Hospital, Kiinamyllynkatu 4–8, 20520 Turku, Finland Email: marja‐liisa.vuori@tyks.fi Corresponding author's address: Marja‐Liisa Vuori Department of Ophthalmology Turku University Hospital Kiinamyllynkatu 4–820520 Turku, Finland |
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Notes | None | |
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) | Low risk | Quote: "Sealed envelopes containing the code for the planned IOL type were used for randomization. |
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias) All outcomes | Unclear risk | Judgement comment: described as “double blind” with no information on who was masked |
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) All outcomes | Unclear risk | Judgement comment: described as “double blind” with no information on who was masked |
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) All outcomes | Unclear risk | Judgement comment: results suggest no participants were lost to follow‐up; although this is not explicitly stated |
Selective reporting (reporting bias) | Unclear risk | Judgement comment: no access to protocol or trials registry entry |
Other bias | Unclear risk | Judgement comment: sex distribution between study groups at baseline is not reported; the significance of this baseline imbalance is not clear |