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. 2012 Oct 17;2012(10):CD001321. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD001321.pub5

Essadi 2010.

Methods
  • Study design: parallel RCT

  • Power calculation: no

  • Intention‐to‐treat analysis: no

Participants Inclusion criteria
  • Setting: Pregnant women attending an antenatal clinic between October 2008 and October 2009

  • Country: NS

  • Number: 760 randomised; 544 analysed

  • Age: NS


Exclusion criteria: NS
Interventions Treatment group
  • Cranberry juice: 250 mL 4 times/d


Control group
  • Water: 250 mL 4 times/d

Outcomes
  • Primary outcome: UTI

  • Secondary: premature delivery

Notes
  • Abstract only, few details

Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias) Unclear risk No details
Allocation concealment (selection bias) Unclear risk No details
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias) 
 All outcomes High risk No, participants could tell difference between treatment and drinking water
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) 
 All outcomes Unclear risk No details provided
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) 
 All outcomes High risk Loss to follow‐up excluded and no best‐worst case scenario analysis
Losses to follow‐up/withdrawals/exclusions post randomisation: 216
Selective reporting (reporting bias) Low risk Appropriate outcomes
Other bias Unclear risk Too few details to know
Source of funding: NS