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. 2013 Jun 19;2013(6):CD004534. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD004534.pub3

Foubert 2000.

Methods Cluster‐RCT. 8 fraternities were randomly allocated to intervention (n = 4) or control (n = 4)
Participants 217 fraternity members (male only; mean age 20.33 years, SD 1.23) at a university, USA
Interventions Intervention: rape prevention peer education programme including lecture and video. Delivered by 4 male peer educators who followed a prepared script. The intervention was delivered as a single 1‐hour session. 109 students
Control: no intervention. 108 students
Outcomes Episodes of dating violence and change in knowledge about dating violence, as measured by the Rape Myth Acceptance Scale, Behavioural Intent to Rape Scale, and the Sexual Experiences Survey
Follow‐up Intervention: immediate and 7 months post‐test. Control: 7 months post‐test
Notes
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias) Unclear risk Groups "randomly assigned" to intervention or control
Allocation concealment (selection bias) Unclear risk Not stated
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) 
 All outcomes Low risk Attrition: intervention group 36% (39/109); control group 31% (33/108). Attrition rates similar in both arms and unlikely to be caused by attrition bias
Selective reporting (reporting bias) Low risk All outcomes reported (number of participants, means and SDs provided)
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias) 
 All outcomes High risk Blinding not possible. No mention of training of peer‐educators or monitoring of adherence to study protocol
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) 
 All outcomes Unclear risk Not stated