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. 2018 Feb 22;2018(2):MR000013. doi: 10.1002/14651858.MR000013.pub6

Weinfurt 2008b.

Methods Randomised controlled trial
Data Setting: community but recruited through outpatient dept, USA. The 470 participants were 18 or over and diagnosed with coronary artery disease. articipants.
Comparisons Intervention A: financial disclosure saying that the drug company pays hospital
Intervention B: financial disclosure saying that the drug company pays the investigator
Comparator: no financial disclosure
Outcomes Willingness to take part in hypothetical trial
Notes  
Risk of bias
Item Authors' judgement Description
Random Sequence generation ok? Unclear Randomisation mentioned but no more details
Allocation concealment? Unclear See above
Blinding of participants and personnel ok? Unclear Not clear what participants were told about disclosure study; not clear if interviewers knew allocation
Blinding of outcome assessment ok? Unclear See above
Incomplete outcome data handled ok? Unclear Only a mean score presented, not absolute numbers so hard to know
Free of selective reporting? Yes Willingness to participate outcome presented, which is all the review needs
Was the study free of other bias? No Hypothetical trial
Overall bias? Yes High risk of bias