Lanier 1998.
Methods | RCT. Participants randomly allocated to treatment and control in "approximately equal numbers" | |
Participants | 615 initially invited. 436 first‐year students participated (98.3% aged 17‐19 years; no information on sex distribution) at an elite, private university, USA | |
Interventions | Intervention: students watched a play with 6 scenes following script entitled "Scruples" depicting date rape. The intervention was delivered as a single 1‐hour session. 218 students (estimated) Control: students watched a play addressing multi‐cultural issues. 218 students (estimated) |
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Outcomes | Attitudes towards date rape as measured by College Date Rape Attitude Survey | |
Follow‐up | Immediate post‐test | |
Notes | ‐ | |
Risk of bias | ||
Bias | Authors' judgement | Support for judgement |
Random sequence generation (selection bias) | Unclear risk | Participants "randomly assigned" |
Allocation concealment (selection bias) | Unclear risk | Not stated |
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) All outcomes | Unclear risk | Unclear; no information provided |
Selective reporting (reporting bias) | Low risk | Outcome reported, though only mean score (no SD) and summary statistics reported |
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias) All outcomes | High risk | Blinding not possible. Unclear who delivered intervention or what training and monitoring they received |
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) All outcomes | Unclear risk | Not stated |