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. 2016 Oct 6;2016(10):CD011175. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD011175.pub2

Koontz 2004.

Methods RCT.
Mulitcentre: 22 schools in the USA.
Participants 8 ‐ 12 years.
28 randomized, 24 analysed.
Interventions Intervention: educational material ‐ package with basic facts, 1 hour with teacher, 1 hour with peers.
Control: routine services.
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’.