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Table 2 Risk of bias in individual studies

From: Combination of pharmacotherapy and psychotherapy in the treatment of chronic depression: A systematic review and meta-analysis

 

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2

3

4

5

6

Global Judgment

Browne 2002

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

no

low

deMello 2001

unclear

unclear

yes

unclear

yes

no

medium

Keller 2000

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

low

Kocsis 2009

yes

yes

yes

yes

no

yes

low

Markowitz 2005

yes

unclear

yes

yes

yes

yes

low

Miller 1999

no

yes

unclear

unclear

no

no

high

Ravindran 1999

yes

unclear

yes

yes

no

yes

medium

Schramm 2008

yes

unclear

yes

yes

yes

yes

low

Summary “yes”

6/8

4/8

7/8

6/8

5/8

5/8

4/8

  1. 1: allocation sequence adequately generated; 2: allocation adequately concealed; 3: knowledge of allocation adequately prevented; 4: incomplete outcome adequately addressed; 5: free of selective outcome reporting; 6: free of other problems.