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 |
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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 |