Price 1981.
Methods | Four randomised, double‐blind, placebo‐controlled clinical trials in the prevention and treatment of motion sickness | |
Participants | 161 healthy men and women with a history of motion sickness. Participants ages ranged from 16 to 55 years. | |
Interventions | Transdermal scopolamine (0.5 mg) delivered constantly over 72 hours), placebo or oral dimenhydrinate taken either before or during a 7 to 8‐hour cruise | |
Outcomes | Subjective reporting of symptoms every 1 or 2 hours during exposure to motion (scale of 0 to 6) and occurrence of dry mouth, drowsiness and blurred vision | |
Notes | Subjects who requested extra medication received supplemental medication of 200 mcg of intramuscular scopolamine hydrobromide Schulz rating: randomisation B; allocation concealment B; selection bias B; blinding A |
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Risk of bias | ||
Bias | Authors' judgement | Support for judgement |
Allocation concealment (selection bias) | Unclear risk | B ‐ Unclear |