Study | a) A/C b) ITT | c) assessor blind | d) comparability | e) identical care | f) in/exclusion | g) interventions | h) participant blind | i) carers blind | j) duration |
Banerjee 1978 | 1 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Barr 2000 | 1 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Benati 2001 | 1 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bonnefoy 2003 | 2 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Bourdel 2000 | 1 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Broqvist 1994 | 1 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Brown 1992 | 0 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bruce 2003 | 0 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Carver 1995 | 0 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
Collins 2005 | 1 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Daniels 2003 | 2 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Deletter 1991 | 1 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Delmi 1990 | 1 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Edington 2004 | 2 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Eneroth 2004 | 1 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Fiatarone 1994 | 1 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
FOOD 2005 | 2 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Gariballa 1998 | 2 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Gariballa 2006 | 2 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Gazzotti 2003 | 1 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Gegerle 1986 | 1 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Gray‐Donald 1995 | 1 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Hankey 1993 | 1 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Hankins 1996 | 2 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Hampston 2003 | 2 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Hubsch 1992 | 1 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Jensen 1997 | 2 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Knowles 1988 | 1 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Krondl 1999 | 0 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Kwok 2001 | 0 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Larsson 1990 | 2 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Lauque 2000 | 1 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Lauque 2004 | 1 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
MacFie 2000 | 2 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Manders 2006 | 1 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
McEvoy 1982 | 1 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
McWhirter 1996 | 1 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Madigan 1994 | 1 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Meredith 1992 | 1 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Ovesen 1992 | 1 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Payette 2002 | 1 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Payette 2004 | 1 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Potter 2001 | 2 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Price 2005 | 2 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Rosendahl 2006 | 2 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Salas‐Salvado 2005 | 1 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Saudny 1997 | 2 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Schols 1995 | 1 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Scorer 1990 | 1 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Stableforth 1986 | 1 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Steiner 2003 | 2 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Tidermark 2004 | 2 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Vermeeren 2004 | 1 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Vlaming 2001 | 2 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Volkert 1996 | 1 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Woo 1994 | 1 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Wouters 2002 | 1 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Wouters 2003 | 0 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Wouters 2005 | 2 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Wouters 2006 | 1 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Yamaguchi 1998 | 2 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Young 2004 | 2 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Footnotes: allocation concealment: A ‐ adeequate, B ‐ unclear, C ‐ not adequate; ITT: intention‐to‐treat; 0 = worst, 2 = best |