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. 2013 Apr 30;2013(4):CD008391. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD008391.pub2

Cheng 2006.

Methods RCT
Randomisation according to admission sequence
Participants 21 participants with TBI
Group 1: n = 11
Group 2: n = 10
Stable, alert and able to communicate
Self awareness impairment diagnosed with SADI
Interventions Group 1: restorative intervention of self awareness training incorporating concrete feedback, education on the condition and self prediction and goal‐setting training (11.7 session/week for 4 weeks)
Group 2: control intervention incorporating group ADL training, motor skills training in preparation for ADL and cognitive training (restorative) (11.6 sessions/week for 4 weeks)
Outcomes SADI (lower score = improvement)
FIM
Lawton Instrumental Activities of Daily Living Scale
Notes Control group participants were an average of 3.2 years older than the experimental group. 2 experimental group participants had received tertiary education compared with 0 participants in the control group. Control group acute stay was 4.7 weeks and experimental group was 6 weeks. Rehabilitation stay for the respective groups was 10 weeks and 7.5 weeks
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Allocation concealment (selection bias) Unclear risk It is unclear from the study text whether allocation was concealed
Blinding (performance bias and detection bias) 
 All outcomes Low risk "Scoring was primarily conducted by a therapist who was not involved in the programme implementation and blinded to the grouping of participants," which indicates low risk but "primarily conducted" may imply that not all assessments were conducted by this therapist. The study was single‐blind as the participants were not blinded to their allocation
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) 
 All outcomes Low risk Complete data on 21 participants were presented
Other bias Low risk No other sources of bias identified