Delmont 1981.
Methods | RCT | |
Participants | 60 IBS patients Setting unclear Mean age 57 years 67% female |
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Interventions | Spasmolytic pinaverium tds for 30 days | |
Outcomes | abdominal pain, dichotomous global assessment, dichotomous | |
Notes | unclear setting 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 | Double blind ‐ procedures not described |
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) All outcomes | Low risk | 3 drop‐outs |
Selective reporting (reporting bias) | Low risk | Expected outcomes were reported |
Other bias | Low risk | The study appears to be free of other sources of bias |