Patil 2020.

Study characteristics
Methods	Single‐centre, randomised controlled trial conducted in India
Participants	Inclusion criteria: > 34 weeks gestation; birth weight ≥ 2500 grams; 1 min APGAR score > 7  Exclusion criteria: rhesus incompatibility; ABO incompatibility; neonatal sepsis; congenital malformation; ((quote:) "preterms"); ((quote:) "low birth weights")
Interventions	Total N= 190 Group 1 (n = 92): continuous phototherapy (3 hours on, 45 minutes off) Group 2 (n = 98): intermittent phototherapy (3 hours on, 3 hours off) All infants received phototherapy for 48 hours. Criteria for initiation of phototherapy "as per American Academy of Paediatrics 2004 guidelines"
Outcomes	Primary outcome Not specified Reported outcomes Rate of fall of bilirubin Decrease in total serum bilirubin Duration of phototherapy  Duration of hospitalisation
Notes
Risk of bias
Bias	Authors' judgement	Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias)	Low risk	Quote: "Randomisation was done using block randomisation (block size 10) in which 190 subjects were equally grouped".
Allocation concealment (selection bias)	Unclear risk	Allocation concealment not described
Blinding (performance bias and detection bias) All outcomes	Low risk	Unblinded study with objective outcome measures
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias) All outcomes	Low risk	Unblinded study with objective outcome measures
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) All outcomes	Low risk	Unblinded study with objective outcome measures
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) All outcomes	Low risk	Complete outcome data provided for all infants
Selective reporting (reporting bias)	Unclear risk	Study protocol not available
Other bias	Low risk	No other potential sources of bias were identified.