Author (year) | Adequate sequence generation | Allocation concealment | Outcome blinding | Intention-to- treat analysis | Groups balanced at baseline | Complete outcome reported |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Austin (2005) | √ | √ | X | √ | √ | √ |
Belardinelli (1999) | ? | ? | ? | ? | √ | √ |
Belardinelli (2012) | ? | ? | ? | √ | √ | √ |
Bocalini (2008) | ? | ? | ? | X | √ | √ |
DANREHAB (2008) | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ |
Davidson (2010) | √ | ? | √ | √ | √ | √ |
Dracup (2007) | ? | ? | ? | √ | √ | √ |
Gary (2010) | ? | ? | √ | √ | √ | √ |
Giannuzzi (2003) | ? | ? | ? | √ | √ | √ |
Gielen (2003) | ? | ? | ? | √ | √ | √ |
Gottleib (1999) | ? | ? | ? | ? | √ | √ |
Hambrecht (1995) | ? | ? | ? | ? | √ | √ |
Hambrecht (1998) | ? | ? | ? | √ | √ | √ |
Hambrecht (2000) | √ | ? | ? | √ | √ | √ |
HF-ACTION (2009) | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ |
Jolly (2009) | √ | √ | X | √ | ? | √ |
Jónsdóttir (2006) | ? | ? | ? | √ | √ | √ |
Keteyian (1996) | ? | ? | ? | √ | √ | √ |
Kletcha (2007) | ? | ? | ? | ? | √ | √ |
Klocek (2005) | ? | ? | ? | ? | √ | √ |
Koukouvou (2004) | ? | ? | √ | ? | √ | √ |
McKelvie (2002) | √ | √ | √ | ? | √ | √ |
Mueller (2007) | ? | ? | ? | ? | √ | √ |
Myers (2000) | ? | ? | ? | √ | √ | √ |
Nilsson (2008) | ? | ? | √ | √ | √ | √ |
Normal (2012) | ? | ? | X | √ | √ | √ |
Passino (2006) | ? | ? | ? | ? | √ | √ |
Pozehl (2007) | ? | ? | ? | ? | √ | √ |
Wall (2010) | ? | ? | ? | √ | √ | √ |
Willenheimer (2001) | ? | ? | √ | ? | √ | √ |
Witham (2005) | √ | ? | √ | √ | √ | √ |
Witham (2012) | √ | √ | ? | √ | √ | √ |
Yeh (2011) | √ | ? | √ | √ | √ | √ |
√, risk of bias criteria met; X, risk of bias criteria not met; ?, inadequate reporting to assess risk of bias criteria.
HF, heart failure.