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. 2015 Jan 23;2015(1):CD004903. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD004903.pub4

Obaro 2004.

Methods The study was a randomized, double‐blind, controlled trial.
Participants Country: The Gambia.
 Number: 56 women in the intervention group and 57 women in the control group.
Mean age: data not available.
Mean gestational age: data not available.
Interventions 23‐valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine vs meningococcal vaccine.
Outcomes Pneumococcal polysaccharide‐specific s‐IgA antibody concentrations in breast milk.
Notes Did not contribute data to analysis.
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias) Low risk Participants were vaccinated with 1 dose of either a pneumococcal vaccine or control by computer‐generated random assignment.
Allocation concealment (selection bias) Unclear risk Details were not reported.
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias) 
 All outcomes Low risk Quote: “double blind”.
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) 
 All outcomes Low risk Quote: “double blind”.
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) 
 All outcomes Low risk Two mothers withdrew their consent before the completion of the study, and 6 mothers traveled out of the study area and did not return before the completion of the study.
Selective reporting (reporting bias) Low risk All outcomes were predefined and reported.
Other bias Low risk The trial appears to be free of industry sponsorship.