| Author, Year | Randomization | Concealed Treatment Allocation | Baseline Group Similarity | Patient Blinded | Care Provider Blinded | Outcome Assessor / Data Analyst Blinded | Cointerventions Avoided or Similar | Compliance Acceptable in all Groups | Attrition Reported | Attrition Acceptable | Timing of Outcome Assessment in all Groups Similar | Intention-to-Treat Analysis | Is There a Registered or Published Protocol | Avoidance of Selective Outcomes Reporting | Quality (Cochrane Back Group) | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Durmus, 2009 | Unclear | Unclear | Yes | No | No | Unclear | Unclear | Unclear | No | Unclear | Yes | Unclear | Unclear | Yes | Poor | Some outcomes assessed as means and others as medians, no explanation provided |
| Durmus, 2010 | Unclear | Unclear | Yes | No | No | Unclear | Unclear | Unclear | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Unclear | Yes | Poor | Some outcomes assessed as means and others as medians, no explanation provided |
| Glaser, 2001 | Yes | Unclear | Yes | Yes | Yes | Unclear | Unclear | Unclear | Yes | No | Yes | No | Unclear | Yes | Poor | Very high loss to followup |
| Moore, 1997 | Unclear | Unclear | Unclear | Yes | Unclear | Unclear | Unclear | Unclear | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Unclear | Yes | Poor | Crossover design, results of first intervention not reported and carryover effects not assessed |
| Pope, 1994 | Yes | Unclear | Unclear | No | No | Yes | Unclear | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Unclear | Yes | Yes | Fair |
Please see Appendix C. Included Studies for full study references.
From: Appendix F, Quality Assessment
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