Gidycz 2001.
Methods | RCT. Participants randomly assigned to the intervention or control | |
Participants | 762 female introductory psychology students (aged 18‐21 years) at 2 universities, USA | |
Interventions | Intervention: Ohio University's Sexual Assault Risk Reduction Project: a multi‐media, interactive programme including presentation, videos, role play and discussion. The intervention was delivered as a single 3‐hour session by graduate students who had received training. 395 students Control: no intervention. 357 students |
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Outcomes | Episodes of sexual victimisation, dating behaviours, sexual communication and rape empathy as measured by the Rape Empathy Scale, Dating Behaviour Survey, Sexual Communication Survey and Sexual Experiences Survey | |
Follow‐up | 2 and 6 months post‐intervention | |
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Risk of bias | ||
Bias | Authors' judgement | Support for judgement |
Random sequence generation (selection bias) | Unclear risk | Individuals were "randomly assigned" |
Allocation concealment (selection bias) | Unclear risk | Not stated |
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) All outcomes | Low risk | Attrition at 2‐month follow‐up very low: 2% (10/762). Attrition at 6‐month follow‐up: 30% (230/762). This is slightly high but acceptable for 6 months post‐intervention |
Selective reporting (reporting bias) | Low risk | All outcomes reported fully (n and % for categorical scales; number of participants, means and SDs for continuous scales) |
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias) All outcomes | Low risk | Blinding not possible but fidelity to treatment protocol monitored by videotaping 20% of sessions, thereby minimising variability in delivery of intervention as much as possible |
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) All outcomes | Unclear risk | Not stated |