RCT Article Abdel-Raheem TA (2016)

Validity
Was the assignment of patients to treatments Yes
randomized?

Were the groups similar at the start of the Yes

trial?

Aside from the experimental treatment, were Yes

the groups treated equally?

Were all patients that entered the trial Yes

accounted for at its conclusion? And were
they analyzed in the groups to which they
were randomized

Were patients and clinicians kept blind to Unclear

which treatment was being received?
Importance
Are the valid results of this randomized trial Yes, it reveals that
important?
Permethrin group:
Cost effectiveness to treat
one case: 20.25
Sulphur group:
Cost effectiveness to treat
one case: 28.15

Applicability
Do these results apply to your patient? Yes, the results obtained
can be applied to the
patient.
Is your patient so different from those in the No
trial that its results can’t help you?

Is the treatment feasible in my setting? Yes

Will the potential benefits of treatment Yes, as the topical agents

outweigh the potential harms of treatment for used are relatively safe to
my patient? be used for the patient.