Research Methods & Reporting
ROBINS-I: a tool for assessing risk of bias in non-randomised studies of interventions
BMJ 2016; 355 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.i4919 (Published 12 October 2016) Cite this as: BMJ 2016;355:i4919
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Files in this Data Supplement:
- Data Supplement - Appendix: The seven domains of bias addressed in the ROBINS-I assessment tool
- Data Supplement - Supplementary tables. Table A: Risk Of Bias In Non-randomized Studies – of Interventions (ROBINS-I) assessment tool. Table B: Reaching risk of bias judgements in ROBINS-I: pre-intervention and at-intervention domains. Table C: Reaching risk of bias judgements in ROBINS-I: post-intervention domains. Table D: Interpretation of domain-level and overall risk of bias judgements in ROBINS-I
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