Review Article

Anxiety in Children Undergoing VCUG: Sedation or No Sedation?

Table 3

Quality assessment of studies of sedation for VCUG, including Jadad score [86].

Authors; year; country; referenceRandomisedRandomisation BlindedAllocation concealment Withdrawals ControlPlacebo A priori powerJadad score
describedand dropouts?group[86]

I. Akil, M. Ozkol, O. Y. Ikizoglu, M. Polat, O. Y. Tuncyurek, O. Taskin, H. Yuksel; 2005; Turkey [41]QuasiYY (not described as double blind)Cherry-flavoured liquidNYYN1 (poor)

J. S. Elder, R. Longenecker; 1995; USA [43]NNKool-aid (artificial sweetner)NYYN0 (poor)

D. W. Herd, K. A. McAnulty, N. A. Keene, D. E. Sommerville; 2006; New Zealand [45]YYY (blinding analysis done)Mango and orange juicesYYYY; 80% for GDRS; 90% for VUR grade5 (excellent)*

I. Keidan, R. Zaslansky, M. Weinberg, A. Ben-Shlush, J. M. Jacobson, A. Augarten, Y. Mor; 2005; Israel [47]YNNNYNN1 (poor)

P. A. Merguerian, S. T. Corbett, J. Cravero; 2006; USA [48]NY (historical)NN0 (poor)

E. Stokland, S. Andréasson, B. Jacobsson, U. Jodal, B. Ljung; 2003; Sweden [52]YYYDescribedNYYN4 (good)

J. L. Zier, K. A. Kvam, S. C. Kurachek, M. Finkelstein; 2007; USA [59]NNYYYN1 (poor)

*Authors' self-score.