Williams 2005.

Methods	RCT MT vs. MT+ meditation vs. meditation vs. control
Participants	58 male and female adults; late stage AIDS with/out co‐morbidities; hospitalised.
Interventions	Group 1: meditation 4/52; n=13 Group 2: MT 4/52 5xpw for 30 min (various body areas) n=16 Group 3: meditation a/a plus MT a/a n=13 Group 4: control ‐ standard care (no MT or meditation) n=16
Outcomes	QoL ‐ total score and spiritual sub‐category.
Notes	MT+ meditation superior to single modalities/control for improved QoL‐transcendent and QoL‐total scores (p=0.01 and p=0.005 respectively)
Risk of bias
Bias	Authors' judgement	Support for judgement
Adequate sequence generation?	Low risk
Allocation concealment?	High risk	Not reported
Blinding? All outcomes	Low risk	mentioned that assessor was blinded
Incomplete outcome data addressed? All outcomes	Unclear risk	Although intention‐to‐treat analysis was conducted, there was a disproportionate loss to follow‐up. references   Data and analyses  1 MT vs control
Free of selective reporting?	Low risk
Free of other bias?	Low risk