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 |
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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 | |
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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 |