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. 2020 Jul 10;2020(7):CD013600. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD013600.pub2
'Risk of bias' assessment of Joyner 2020
Domain Assessed outcomes Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Representative study group (selection bias) Not available Low Large population size, prospective study, interim analysis of first 5000 patients
Outcome detectors blinded to intervention (detection bias) Adverse events  High Not blinded, awareness of intervention can bias assessment of subjective outcomes
Complete outcome assessment/follow‐up (attrition bias) Adverse events Unclear Preliminary results; only serious adverse events assessed, 4‐h follow‐up
Well‐defined study group (reporting bias) Adverse events Unclear Study population well described, intervention scarcely described
Well‐defined outcome (reporting bias) Adverse events Unclear Preliminary results; serious adverse events only
Well‐defined risk estimates (analyses) Adverse events  Not available No analyses performed
Important prognostic factors or follow‐up taken adequately into account (confounding)  Not available High Not adjusted for confounding factors