Hunan 2007.

Study characteristics
Methods	RCT
Participants	People (163 men: 61.2%) with acute stroke; timing of randomisation unclear Mean age in intervention group: 62.3 years (SD 10.7); mean age in control group: 61.2 years (SD 11.8)
Interventions	Stroke unit with integrated traditional Chinese medicine (n = 139) vs Western medicine stroke unit (n = 127)
Outcomes	Death and NIHSS, Barthel Index and mRS at 90 days Length of stay
Notes	Limited translated data available
Risk of bias
Bias	Authors' judgement	Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias)	Low risk	Random number generator
Allocation concealment (selection bias)	Unclear risk	Unclear
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias) All outcomes	Unclear risk	Unclear
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) All outcomes	Low risk	Blinded outcome assessment
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) All outcomes	Unclear risk	Unclear
Selective reporting (reporting bias)	Unclear risk	Unclear