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Risk of bias of the included trials 

Risk of bias of the included trials 

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Technical Report
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This report on the current state of homeopathic research provides a summary on the research areas of healthcare research, randomised controlled clinical trials, meta-analyses and basic research. It aims to contribute to the discussion within the field of homeopathy concerning the need for research, the relevance of individual research fields and me...

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... and Melchart 1998 3 , and Clausius 1998 4 applied the -now outdated -Jadad score 1 (maximum 5 points, cut-off for low risk of bias ≥3) and their own scale to assess internal validity (maximum 6 or 7 points, cut-off ≥4 or ≥5 points; for details see Table 3, page 23). In the case of Shang 2005 5 , the study quality was judged on the basis of similar criteria to Jadad (higher quality = double-blinding and adequate randomisation On the whole, whilst the study quality is not entirely optimal, it is satisfactory. ...

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