Schatz 2015.
Methods | RCT. Multicentrer. USA. |
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Participants | Display adherence, 1 major or 3 minor pain episodes in last 6 months, no chronic transfusion, no cognitive limitations. | |
Interventions | Intervention: CBT. Control: routine care. |
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Outcomes | 1 face‐to‐face session, 45 – 60 min; weekly telephone session: 30 – 40 min. Materials on cell phone to take home; follow up 8 weeks. |
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Risk of bias | ||
Bias | Authors' judgement | Support for judgement |
Random sequence generation (selection bias) | Low risk | Drawing coloured marbles out of opaque bag or computer software using blocks of 10. |
Allocation concealment (selection bias) | Low risk | Researcher not involved in the trial prepared sequentially numbered opaque sealed envelopes. |
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 | 4% not completed. |
Selective reporting (reporting bias) | Low risk | All outcomes reported. |
Other bias | Unclear risk | No other bias anticipated, but insufficient information to permit judgement of ‘low risk’ or ‘high risk’. |