A New Study Is Conducted to Investigate the Efficacy of Intravenous

question 33

Multiple Choice

A new study is conducted to investigate the efficacy of intravenous immunoglobulin versus analgesics on pain alleviation in patients with idiopathic small fiber neuropathy.  A total of 100 eligible patients who fulfilled the inclusion/exclusion criteria are assigned to one of two groups based on random selection by a computer.  The method of assigning patients to treatment groups in this study is most likely to produce which of the following?

• A)One group in which participants are blinded to the intervention they receive and another in which participants are not
• B)One group in which researchers but not participants are aware of the intervention received and another in which participants but not researchers are aware of the intervention received
• C)Two groups of participants that will only be analyzed based on their initial treatment allocation
• D)Two groups that have equal numbers of participants
• E)Two groups in which participants are similar in underlying characteristics

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