| Methods |
Randomised, placebo‐controlled, 2 x 2 factorial trial |
| Participants |
29 patients (age range not given) with proven sensitivity to house dust mite and allergic rhinitis |
| Interventions |
Participants were divided into 4 groups: 1) both active mattress encasement and acaricide; 2) active encasement and placebo acaricide; 3) placebo encasement and active acaricide; 4) placebo bedding and placebo acaricide |
| Outcomes |
Disease‐specific quality of life using the RQLQ |
| Notes |
— |
| Risk of bias |
| Bias |
Authors' judgement |
Support for judgement |
| Adequate sequence generation? |
High risk |
No evidence of adequate sequence generation |
| Allocation concealment? |
High risk |
No evidence of allocation concealment |
| Blinding? |
High risk |
No evidence of blinding |
| Incomplete outcome data addressed?
All outcomes |
High risk |
Whilst the reasons for withdrawals are noted, an intention‐to‐treat analysis was not performed |
| Free of selective reporting? |
Low risk |
No evidence of selective reporting |
| Free of other bias? |
High risk |
Within‐group reporting of findings rather than between‐group |
