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 author | Selection bias | Allocation concealment | Blinding of participants and personnel | Blinding of outcome assessment | Incomplete outcome | Selective reporting |
| Exercise intervention trials | Kargarfard [25] | U | L | H | H | L | L | Hebert [26] | U | U | H | H | L | L | Velikonja [27] | U | U | H | H | L | L | Dalgas [28] | U | U | H | H | L | L |
Mostert [29] | U | U | H | H | L | L | van den Berg [30] | L | L | H | H | L | L | Klefbeck [31] | U | U | H | H | L | L | Cakt [32] | L | U | H | H | H | L | Hayes [33] | U | U | H | H | L | L | Oken [34] | L | L | H | H | L | L |
| Educational intervention trials | Finlayson [35] | L | L | H | H | L | L | Mathiowetz [36] | L | U | H | H | L | L | Hugos [37] | L | L | H | H | L | L | Grossman [38] | L | L | H | H | L | L | Kos [39] | L | L | H | H | L | L | Moss-Morris [40] | L | L | H | H | L | L | van Kessel [41] | L | L | H | H | L | L | Mohr [42] | U | U | H | H | L | L |
| Pharmacological intervention trials | Shaygannejad [43] | L | L | L | H | L | L | Tomassini [44] | U | U | L | H | H | L | Ashtari [45] | U | L | L | H | U | L |
Krupp [46] | U | U | L | H | L | L | The Canadian MS Research Group [47] | L | U | L | H | L | L | Möller [48] | U | U | L | H | L | L | Stankoff [49] | U | L | L | H | L | L |
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H: high risk, L: low risk, U: unknown.
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