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Turning a blind eye:Testing the success of blinding and the CONSORT statement

Year: 2004

Type: letter

Abstract: EDITOR—Reports of randomised trials should state clearly whether blinding was attempted, and if so who was blinded and how this was done.1 Fergusson et al note that blinding may be ineffective in some trials, making them less sound methodologically than they seem to be.2 But trial participants asked to …

Source: BMJ

DOI: 10.1136/bmj.328.7448.1135-a

Authors: Douglas G Altman, Kenneth F Schulz, David Moher

Institutions: University of Ottawa, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Cancer Research UK

Language: English

Topic: Meta-analysis and systematic reviews

Subfield: Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty

Field: Decision Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2038672383

Cites: 5

Cited by: 41

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