Table 1 The Cochrane collaboration's...

Table 1

The Cochrane collaboration's tool for assessing risk of bias in the systematic review of effect of aromatherapy on arteriovenous fistula puncture on hemodialysis patients, 2010–2020

Study	Was technique to reduce risk of bias applied?
Study	Random sequence generation	Allocation concealment	Blinding of participants and personnel	Blinding of outcome assessment	Incomplete outcome data	Selective reporting	Other sources of bias
Thenmozhi and Pauline, 2020 [12]	+	+	?	?	?	+	−
Kilic Akca et al., 2020 [30]	+	+	?	?	+	+	+
Tasan et al., 2019 [31]	+	+	?	+	?	+	−
Ghods et al., 2015 [8]	+	+	?	?	−	−	−
Bagheri-Nesami et al., 2014 [33]	+	+	+	+	?	?	?

Study	Was technique to reduce risk of bias applied?
Study	Random sequence generation	Allocation concealment	Blinding of participants and personnel	Blinding of outcome assessment	Incomplete outcome data	Selective reporting	Other sources of bias
Thenmozhi and Pauline, 2020 [12]	+	+	?	?	?	+	−
Kilic Akca et al., 2020 [30]	+	+	?	?	+	+	+
Tasan et al., 2019 [31]	+	+	?	+	?	+	−
Ghods et al., 2015 [8]	+	+	?	?	−	−	−
Bagheri-Nesami et al., 2014 [33]	+	+	+	+	?	?	?

Note(s): (+) Yes, technique to reduce bias was successfully used. (?) Unclear if technique to reduce bias was used. (−) No, technique to reduce bias was not used

[ViewLarge]

Sharing Unavailable