Opasanon 2010.
Methods | Single‐centre parallel RCT in Thailand. | |
Participants | 65 participants (male 36; female 29) with a mean age of 36 years presenting within 24 hours with partial‐thickness burns < 15% TBSA. Exclusion criteria included full thickness burn; pregnancy; compromised immune system; hypersensitivity to alginate silver dressing | |
Interventions | Ionic silver dressing (Askina Calgitrol Ag) changed every 5 days until wound closure versus daily SSD changes | |
Outcomes | Time to wound healing Pain Number of dressing changes Nursing time |
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Notes | ||
Risk of bias | ||
Bias | Authors' judgement | Support for judgement |
Random sequence generation (selection bias) | Unclear risk | "...were identified and randomised into two groups..." Inadequate information presented to determine whether sequence was unpredictable |
Allocation concealment (selection bias) | Unclear risk | Inadequate information available to determine whether sequence was concealed from study personnel and participants |
Blinding (performance bias and detection bias) All outcomes | High risk | Open‐label protocol; wound dressings changed at different times Not clear whether outcome assessors were blind to treatment group assignment |
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) All outcomes | Low risk | No losses to follow‐up or withdrawals |
Selective reporting (reporting bias) | Unclear risk | Cannot ascertain whether outcomes were measured but not reported |
Other bias | Low risk | None detected |