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We interpreted the absence of an affirmative practice statement as the absence of that practice (that is, studies not reporting blinded assessment were coded as not having implemented blinded outcome assessment).
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cClassified as: yes, for articles that implemented blinding at any level; no, for articles reporting not being able to implement blinding of interventions at any level; not reported (NR), for articles that do not make any mention to blinding.
Among studies summarized in this review (Tables 1– 4), many indicated that they implemented blinding; however, in two instances (Gladen et al. 1988; Huisman et al. 1995a) the investigators were unaware of the results of laboratory analyses but knew which children were breast-fed; this information was used in estimating PCB exposure.
The restoration results presented in [12], and more recently in [27], showed the effectiveness of the multiscale approach in implementing blind image deconvolution algorithms.
Failure to implement blinding could lead to inflated estimates of effects [ 62, 63].
The major limitation in randomised trials of this sort is the impossibility of implementing blinding of the participants or field workers, once they visited the home.
A successfully implemented blinding protocol improves the validity of trial results, however the success of blinding is infrequently tested or reported in randomised controlled trials.
Only 4 studies used a control or placebo group to compare against intervention groups (4, 6, 7, 13), and of those, only 3 studies implemented double blinding of the intervention (4, 6, 7).
This makes it difficult to implement participant blinding and practitioner blinding given the nature of acupuncture.
Braille created his own raised-dot system by using an awl, the same kind of implement which had blinded him.
But it leaves the question of exactly how police departments should implement double-blind lineups unanswered.
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