| Methods |
RCT. Method of randomisation, allocation concealment and blinding of participants and investigators (including outcome assessors) not reported. |
| Participants |
50 participants with partial thickness burns admitted to a Burns Unit |
| Interventions |
Silver‐impregnated dressing (Acticoat, Smith & Nephew, UK) versus SSD |
| Outcomes |
Level of pain
Need for surgery
Incidence of infection
Hospital length of stay |
| Notes |
|
| Risk of bias |
| Bias |
Authors' judgement |
Support for judgement |
| Random sequence generation (selection bias) |
Unclear risk |
Participants stated as "randomised" but method not reported |
| Allocation concealment (selection bias) |
Unclear risk |
Not reported |
| Blinding (performance bias and detection bias)
All outcomes |
High risk |
Different care protocols so blinding of patients and investigators not feasible. Not clear whether assessor blinded. |
| Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias)
All outcomes |
Low risk |
No reported withdrawals or dropouts |
| Selective reporting (reporting bias) |
Low risk |
All prespecified outcomes reported |
| Other bias |
Low risk |
Patient groups similar at baseline; funding not stated |
