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. 2019 Jan 20;2019(1):CD001324. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD001324.pub6

Askalani 1987.

Methods 'randomly allocated' women to 2 groups. The numbers enrolled in 2 groups were 2:1 between treatment and control. Although 2:1 randomisation was not specifically mentioned, the trial was included because it is explicitly stated that the allocation was random
No details of allocation concealment or other methodological aspects were mentioned
Participants 300 women attending the family planning clinic of the Al‐Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt
Included women who had had unprotected intercourse around the time of ovulation and attended the clinic within 4 days of unprotected intercourse
Interventions Cu‐IUD (Cu‐T 200) vs control (no treatment)
Outcomes Pregnancy rates
Notes
  1. No loss to follow‐up or exclusions were reported

Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias) Unclear risk Method of randomisation not explained
Allocation concealment (selection bias) Unclear risk Method of allocation concealment not mentioned
Blinding (performance bias and detection bias) 
 All outcomes Unclear risk Blinding not mentioned or method explained
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) 
 All outcomes Unclear risk Any losses to follow‐up or exclusion were not reported
Selective reporting (reporting bias) Low risk Planned outcome of pregnancy rate was reported
Other bias Low risk None detected