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. 2011 Aug 10;2011(8):CD003460. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD003460.pub3

Czalbert 1990.

Methods RCT
Participants 34 IBS
Hospital out clinic
Mean age 49.3 years
Interventions Spasmolytic 
 peppermint oil 0.2 ml tds for 10 days
Outcomes Symptom score, dichotomous
Notes No run‐in
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias) Unclear risk Not described
Allocation concealment (selection bias) Unclear risk Not described
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias) 
 All outcomes Unclear risk Not described
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) 
 All outcomes Unclear risk Not described
Selective reporting (reporting bias) Unclear risk Not described
Other bias Unclear risk Not described