From: A systematic review of the clinical effectiveness of acupuncture for allergic rhinitis
Study | Randomisation (appropriate description?) | Concealment (appropriate description?) | Patient blinding (appropriate description?) | Withdrawals and dropouts | Comparable baseline groups | Total (max 8) |
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Wolkenstein 1996 [16] & Horak 1993 [18] 1998 [17] | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0* | 0 | 2 |
Langer & Hauswald 1989 [19] | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0* | 2 |
Ng et al 2004 [21] | 1 (1) | 1 (0) | 1 (1) | 1 | 1 | 7 |
Magnusson et al 2004 [15] | 1 (1) | 0 | 1 (1) | 1 | 0 | 5 |
Williamson et al 1996 [23] | 1 (1) | 1 (1) | 1 (1) | 1 | 0* | 7 |
Petti et al 2002 [20] | 1 (0) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Xue et al 2002 [22] | 1 (0) | 0 | 1 (1) | 1 | 0 | 4 |