Review Article
Differences in Multidisciplinary and Interdisciplinary Treatment Programs for Fibromyalgia: A Mapping Review
Table 1
Adapted SIGN checklist.
| (1) | The study addresses an appropriate and clearly focused question. | (2) | The assignment of subjects to treatment groups is randomized. | (3) | An adequate concealment method is used. | (4) | The design keeps subjects and investigators “blind” about treatment allocation. | (5) | The treatment and control groups are similar at the start of the trial. | (6) | The only difference between groups is the treatment under investigation. | (7) | All relevant outcomes are measured in a standard, valid, and reliable way. | (8) | Were the statistical tests used to assess the main outcomes appropriate? | (9) | Were those subjects who were prepared to participate representative of the entire population from which they were recruited? | (10) | What percentage of the individuals recruited into each treatment arm of the study dropped out before the study was completed? | (11) | Are all the subjects analyzed in the groups to which they were randomly allocated (application of an intention-to-treat analysis)? | (12) | Where the study is carried out at more than one site, results are comparable for all sites. | (13) | Are the distributions of principal confounders in each group of subjects to be compared clearly described? | (14) | How well was the study done to minimize bias? | (15) | Is the overall effect due to the study intervention? |
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Note. During the assessment of noncontrolled studies, items from (2) to (6) were not considered.
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