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

Wolford 1993.

Methods RCT. Students randomly selected to participate in study as well as being randomly allocated to 1 of 3 intervention groups or control
Participants 132 1st year undergraduate students (45.5% male, 54.4% female; ages not stated) at an urban university, USA
Interventions Intervention 1: received a lecture programme. 27 students
Intervention 2: received a video programme. 36 students
Intervention 3: received a role play programme. 32 students
Each intervention was delivered as a single session (duration unclear)
Control: received no intervention. 37 students
Outcomes Attitudes towards rape as measured by the General Attitudes Toward Rape Scale
Follow‐up Immediate and 3‐4 months 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 Attrition rate not reported
Selective reporting (reporting bias) Low risk Outcomes reported fully (number of participants, means and SDs)
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias) 
 All outcomes High risk Blinding not possible. Facilitators were experienced in delivering these types of interventions but there is no mention of how adherence to protocol was monitored
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) 
 All outcomes Unclear risk Not stated