A PMHNP is appraising the literature on the use of a serotonin modulator compared to an anti-psychotic and placebo for managing delirium in patients sent to an inpatient intensive care unit. When appraising a randomized control trial (RCT), which measure should the nurse examine to determine if the investigators minimized the potential for bias?
Question 17 options:
a)
Participants were selected to the control group or experimental group based on the severity of their symptoms.
b)
Participants were selected to the control group or experimental group based on the severity of their symptoms.
c)
The participants did not know if they were receiving a placebo or the serotonin modulator, or the antipsychotic.
d)
Neither the participants nor nurses knew if the patients were getting a placebo, quetiapine, or trazodone.