| Methods |
Randomized controlled trial |
| Participants |
105 children with measles age 5 months to 4 years in hospital |
| Interventions |
Oral vitamin A (100,000 IU) supplementation |
| Outcomes |
Pneumonia, laryngitis, duration of cough, fever and hospitalization |
| Notes |
Quality score 3 |
| Risk of bias |
| Bias |
Authors' judgement |
Support for judgement |
| Random sequence generation (selection bias) |
Unclear risk |
Randomized clinical trial using a random numbers table |
| Allocation concealment (selection bias) |
Low risk |
Adequate |
| Selective reporting (reporting bias) |
Low risk |
|
| Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias)
All outcomes |
Low risk |
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