Blinding - What is this?

• Blinding of investigator or analysis

  • MDAR, NIH, CONSORT, ARRIVE

  • A statement discussing the degree to which experimenters were unaware (or blinded) of group assignment and/or outcome assessment.

  • Blinding in preclinical studies short video (Anita Bandrowski); short video of blinding types in clinical trials (Terry Shaneyfelt); tips for surgical trials Karanicolas et al (2010)

  • If we find a blinding statement, then SciScore expects to find the following items (randomization, power);

  • Example: Responses were then scored by an experimenter blinded to injection condition and experimental cohort.