D'Amico 2013.
Methods |
Design: RCT Follow‐up: 3 months Attrition: 3% |
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Participants |
Mean age (years): 16.6 mean age at baseline Sex: 67% male N participants: 193 Allocation: n = 113 intervention; n = 80 control Setting: teen court referrals (for alcohol or marijuana offence); higher risk Country: USA |
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Interventions |
Programme type: motivational interviewing Set‐up: group based; 6 sessions Key components: group motivational interviewing; all sessions delivered using an MI approach Duration: each session 50‐55 min Control: usual care: 6 sessions of abstinence‐oriented AA approach |
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Outcomes |
Outcomes: frequency of drinking, binge drinking and alcohol‐related consequences Measures: from RAND adolescent panel study; consequences from questions based on DSM‐IV criteria |
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Funding and Declared Conflicts of Interest | Funded by NIDA. No information or declarations about potential conflicts of interest | |
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Risk of bias | ||
Bias | Authors' judgement | Support for judgement |
Random sequence generation (selection bias) | Unclear risk | No information |
Allocation concealment (selection bias) | Unclear risk | No information |
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) All outcomes | Low risk | Low attrition (3%) |
Selective reporting (reporting bias) | Low risk | All outcomes reported |
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias) All outcomes | High risk | Not possible to blind participants to intervention. Insufficient information to make a judgement about blinding of therapists |
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) All outcomes | Unclear risk | No information |
Unit of Analysis issues | Low risk | Not applicable |