1. there was blinding of all subjects - no – While “All participants were blinded to their group assignment”

subject may have been able to distinguish between the treatments applied to different groups

2. there was blinding of all therapists who administered the therapy

no

3. there was blinding of all assessors who measured at least one key outcome

no –

4. measures of at least one key outcome were obtained from more than 85% of the subjects initially allocated to groups – YES

“From all the respondents data were collected, and this made 100% response rate”