Koontz 2004.
Methods | RCT. Mulitcentre: 22 schools in the USA. |
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Participants | 8 ‐ 12 years. 28 randomized, 24 analysed. |
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Interventions | Intervention: educational material ‐ package with basic facts, 1 hour with teacher, 1 hour with peers. Control: routine services. |
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Outcomes | General knowledge questionnaire: caregiver (teacher and parent) and patient. | |
Notes | No pre‐values given, only post. | |
Risk of bias | ||
Bias | Authors' judgement | Support for judgement |
Random sequence generation (selection bias) | Unclear risk | Insufficient information to permit judgement of ‘low risk’ or ‘high risk’. |
Allocation concealment (selection bias) | Unclear risk | Insufficient information to permit judgement of ‘low risk’ or ‘high risk’. |
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias) All outcomes | Unclear risk | Insufficient information to permit judgement of ‘low risk’ or ‘high risk’. |
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) All outcomes | Unclear risk | Insufficient information to permit judgement of ‘low risk’ or ‘high risk’ |
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) All outcomes | Low risk | 24 / 28 (85.7%) participants analysed. |
Selective reporting (reporting bias) | Low risk | Objective outlined in methods is reported in results. |
Other bias | Unclear risk | No other bias anticipated, but insufficient information to permit judgement of ‘low risk’ or ‘high risk’. |