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

Shahid 1995.

Methods The study was a prospective double‐blind controlled trial.
Participants Country: Bangladesh.
 Number: 36 women in the intervention group and 34 women in the control group.
Mean age: 25.6 years.
Mean gestational age: 32.3 weeks.
Interventions 23‐valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine vs meningococcal vaccine.
Outcomes Maternal antibody levels (GM).
 Incidence of tenderness at the injection site.
Notes  
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias) Unclear risk Details were not reported.
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 High risk 7/36 missing from intervention group; 10/34 missing from control group.
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.