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Methods | Randomised controlled trial, parallel‐group assignment, open‐label study | |
Participants | 20 college students, both male and female, between the ages of 19 and 32 years, participated in the study Inclusion criteria:
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Bias | Authors' judgement | Support for judgement |
Random sequence generation (selection bias) | Unclear risk | "After the initial screening, subjects were randomly assigned to either an alcohol group or a control group" Comment ‐ method of randomisation was not reported; baseline characteristics of groups were not reported either |
Allocation concealment (selection bias) | Unclear risk | Comment ‐ method of allocation concealment not described |
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias) All outcomes | High risk | Comment ‐ study was not blinded for participants and personnel |
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) All outcomes | High risk | Comment ‐ study was not blinded for outcome assessor |
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) All outcomes | High risk | "Two subjects in the alcohol group dropped from the study for unknown reasons. Data analyses were based on 8 subjects in the alcohol group and 10 subjects in the control group" Comment ‐ 2 participants withdrew from alcohol‐receiving group; reasons for withdrawal are not mentioned |
Selective reporting (reporting bias) For systolic blood pressure (SBP) | Low risk | Comment ‐ study authors reported SBP along with standard deviation (SD) |
Selective reporting (reporting bias) For diastolic blood pressure (DBP) | Low risk | Comment ‐ study authors reported DBP along with standard deviation (SD) |
Selective reporting (reporting bias) For mean arterial blood pressure (MAP) | High risk | Comment ‐ study authors did not report MAP |
Selective reporting (reporting bias) For heart rate (HR) | Low risk | Comment ‐ study authors reported HR along with standard deviation (SD) |
Other bias (conflict of interest, industry sponsorship) | Unclear risk | Comment ‐ study authors did not report any conflicts of interest or sponsorship |
Other bias (was the study registered in clinical trials.gov/ was the protocol available?) | High risk | Comment ‐ protocol was not registered and study identifier was not reported |