Influence of reported study design characteristics on intervention effect estimates from randomised controlled trials: combined analysis of meta-epidemiological studies

Background: The design of randomised controlled trials (RCTs) should incorporate characteristics (such as concealment of randomised allocation and blinding of participants and personnel) that avoid biases resulting from lack of comparability of the intervention and control groups. Empirical evidence...

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Published in:	Health Technology Assessment
Main Authors:	J Savović, HE Jones, DG Altman, RJ Harris, P Jűni, J Pildal, B Als-Nielsen, EM Balk, C Gluud, LL Gluud, JPA Ioannidis, KF Schulz, R Beynon, N Welton, L Wood, D Moher, JJ Deeks, JAC Sterne
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	NIHR Journals Library 2012-09-01
Subjects:	meta-analysis blinding randomisation allocation concealment bias meta-epidemiological study
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.3310/hta16350