Sharma 2002c.
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Interventions | Treatment group 1
Treatment group 2
Control
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Risk of bias | ||
Bias | Authors' judgement | Support for judgement |
Random sequence generation (selection bias) | Unclear risk | Not reported |
Allocation concealment (selection bias) | Unclear risk | Not reported |
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias) All outcomes | Unclear risk | Not reported |
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) All outcomes | Unclear risk | Not reported |
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) All outcomes | High risk | Seven patients did not complete the study; data for these participants were not reported |
Selective reporting (reporting bias) | Low risk | The published reports included all expected outcomes that were pre‐specified |
Other bias | Unclear risk | Insufficient information to permit judgement |