Table 1 Quality assessment of studies
Category | Item | RCT |
|---|---|---|
Validity of results | Are the results of the trial valid? | |
1) Did the trial address a clearly focused issue? | 5/5 | |
2) Was the assignment of patients to treatments randomized? | 5/5 | |
3) Were all patients who entered the trial properly accounted for at its conclusion? | 5/5 | |
4) Were patients, health workers, and study personnel ‘blind’ to treatment? | 0/5 | |
5) Were the groups similar at the start of the trial | 5/5 | |
6) Aside from the experimental intervention, were the groups treated equally? | 5/5 | |
Results | What are the results? | |
7) How large was the treatment effect? | 5/5 | |
8) How precise was the estimate of the treatment effect? | 5/5 | |
Generalizability of results | Will the results help locally? | |
9) Can the results be applied to the local population, or in your context? | 5/5 | |
10) Were all clinically important outcomes considered? | 5/5 | |
11) Are the benefits worth harms and costs? | 5/5 |