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Blinding in randomised clinical trials of psychological interventions: a retrospective study of published trial reports.

Sophie JuulChristian GluudSebastian SimonsenFrederik Weischer FrandsenIrving KirschJanus Christian Jakobsen
Published in: BMJ evidence-based medicine (2020)
Blinding of key persons involved in randomised clinical trials of psychological interventions is rarely sufficiently documented. The possible interpretative limitations are only rarely considered. There is a need of randomised clinical trials of psychological interventions with documented blinding attempts of all possible key persons.
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