Shen 2012.
Study characteristics | ||
Methods | RCT. | |
Participants | Incluson criteria:
Exclusion criteria: |
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Interventions | Intervention 1: anticholinergic (Comparison 5)
Intervention 2: 5HT3 antagonist (Comparison 1)
Intervention 3: anticholinergic + 5HT3 antagonist ‐ exclude as a combination of drugs
Comparator: placebo
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Outcomes | Nausea and vomiting | |
Notes | Setting: not reported but authors from China‐Japan Frienship Hospital, Beijing, China Dates: not reported Funding source: not reported. Declaration of interest: not reported. English abstract only assessed, we will attempt to locate the full paper in English. |
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Risk of bias | ||
Bias | Authors' judgement | Support for judgement |
Random sequence generation (selection bias) | Unclear risk | Only reported as “…randomly divided…” |
Allocation concealment (selection bias) | Unclear risk | Not reported in abstract |
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias) All outcomes | Unclear risk | Not reported in abstract |
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) All outcomes | Unclear risk | Not reported in abstract |
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) All outcomes | Low risk | Seems clear that all participants provided data (e.g.. in table 3 the percentages are in brackets) |
Selective reporting (reporting bias) | Unclear risk | Not possible to assess as we only have the English abstract at this point |
Other bias | Unclear risk | Not possible to assess as we only have the English abstract at this point |