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

Soltoft 1976.

Methods RCT
Participants 59 patients
Setting unclear
Mean age 40 years
64% female
Interventions Bulking agent 
 6 weeks wheat bran 30 g/day
Outcomes Global assessment, dichotomous
Notes Unclear setting 
 >1 week run‐in
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias) Unclear risk Not described
Allocation concealment (selection bias) Low risk Adequate
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias) 
 All outcomes Low risk Double‐blind, placebo of similar appearance
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) 
 All outcomes Low risk Missing outcome data balanced in numbers across intervention groups with similar reasons for missing data across groups
Selective reporting (reporting bias) Low risk All expected outcomes were reported
Other bias Low risk The study appears to be free of other sources of bias