Montreal 1985.
| Study characteristics | ||
| Methods | RCT Blinded assessment of outcome | |
| Participants | Unselected people with stroke within 7 days of stroke onset | |
| Interventions | Mobile stroke team (dedicated stroke unit) (n = 65) vs conventional care on general medical ward (n = 65) Study ended at 6 weeks post stroke | |
| Outcomes | Death, Barthel Index, place of residence, length of initial hospital stay up to 6 weeks after stroke | |
| Notes | Short follow‐up period 1 intervention and 3 control patients lost to follow‐up | |
| Risk of bias | ||
| Bias | Authors' judgement | Support for judgement |
| Random sequence generation (selection bias) | Low risk | Patients were stratified ... "block randomization within each stratum" |
| Allocation concealment (selection bias) | Low risk | "Two series of numbered sealed envelopes" |
| Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias) All outcomes | Unclear risk | Difficult to conceal |
| Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) All outcomes | Low risk | Blinded outcome assessment |
| Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) All outcomes | Low risk | 3 participants (1 intervention; 2 control) removed from study due to non‐stroke diagnosis following randomisation 1 additional participant not admitted from the emergency room |
| Selective reporting (reporting bias) | Unclear risk | Not all pre‐specified outcomes reported |