Review Article

Meta-Analysis of Three Different Types of Fatigue Management Interventions for People with Multiple Sclerosis: Exercise, Education, and Medication

Table 4

Table of risk of bias assessment.

1st authorSelection bias Allocation concealmentBlinding of participants and personnelBlinding of outcome assessmentIncomplete outcomeSelective reporting

Exercise intervention trials
Kargarfard [25]ULHHLL
Hebert [26]UUHHLL
Velikonja [27]UUHHLL
Dalgas [28]UUHHLL
Mostert [29]UUHHLL
van den Berg [30] LLHHLL
Klefbeck [31]UUHHLL
Cakt [32]LUHHHL
Hayes [33]UUHHLL
Oken [34]LLHHLL

Educational intervention trials
Finlayson [35]LLHHLL
Mathiowetz [36]LUHHLL
Hugos [37]LLHHLL
Grossman [38]LLHHLL
Kos [39]LLHHLL
Moss-Morris [40]LLHHLL
van Kessel [41]LLHHLL
Mohr [42]UUHHLL

Pharmacological intervention trials
Shaygannejad [43]LLLHLL
Tomassini [44]UULHHL
Ashtari [45]ULLHUL
Krupp [46]UULHLL
The Canadian MS Research Group [47]LULHLL
Möller [48]UULHLL
Stankoff [49]ULLHLL

H: high risk, L: low risk, U: unknown.