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3. Performance Bias: Blinding of participants / owners

Definition

This question investigates the likelihood that patients (if applicable), care givers or owners, were aware of the group to which patients were allocated (or the intervention currently being implemented in a crossover trial).

Signalling Questions

  • Were participants/owners aware of their assigned intervention during the trial?
  • Were caregivers or people delivering the interventions aware of participants’ assigned intervention during the trial?

Examples