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. 2012 Aug 15;2012(8):CD005609. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD005609.pub2

Evans 2007.

Methods CBA design
Intervention run from June to August 2003, with units implementing it over a 40‐week period
Participants Nursing staff working in 20 units in four major cities and two regional hospitals of South Australia
Interventions Intense education, a range of reporting options, changes in report management and enhanced feedback
Outcomes Incident reporting rate
Notes  
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias) High risk Non random allocation
Allocation concealment (selection bias) Unclear risk Not specified in the paper
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) 
 All outcomes Unclear risk Not specified in the paper
Selective reporting (reporting bias) Low risk All outcomes analysed.
Other bias Low risk None identified.
Allocated intervention Low risk Objective outcome data
Baseline outcome measurement similar? High risk See Table 2
Baseline characteristics similar? High risk See Table 1
Protection against contamination? Low risk No evidence of contamination