Henry 2006.
Methods | Randomised controlled trial | |
Participants | n = 123 Military veterans Screened initially with the Tinnitus‐Impact Screening Interview |
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Interventions | Group 1: Tinnitus Retraining Therapy (TRT) Group 2: tinnitus masking (TM) TRT versus TM |
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Outcomes | Tinnitus Handicap Inventory (THI) Tinnitus Handicap Questionnaire (THQ) Tinnitus Severity Index (TSI) Verbally administered TRT interview forms |
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Notes | Significant improvement for both groups Group 1: greater improvement in outcome measures in the TRT group as compared with the TM group |
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Risk of bias | ||
Bias | Authors' judgement | Support for judgement |
Adequate sequence generation? | High risk | The sequence was a non‐specified form of random allocation for the first patient, followed by alternation |
Allocation concealment? | High risk | The first qualifying patient was placed into a treatment group by random selection; each subsequent patient was placed by alternating between groups |
Blinding? All outcomes | High risk | This study was not blinded |
Incomplete outcome data addressed? All outcomes | Low risk | Incomplete outcome data were addressed appropriately |
Free of selective reporting? | Low risk | All data were presented in full in an appropriate manner |
Free of other bias? | Low risk | No other sources of potential bias were identified |