Hoehn 2015.
Methods | Non‐randomized cross‐over trial | |
Participants | Eligibility: 8th graders from 32 middle schools in a major metropolitan school district; any adolescent who completed the Youth Risk Behavior Survey was eligible Participants: 32,980 students (50.2% female, 58.2% non‐white) |
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Interventions | Earliest start time (07:20‐07:30), early start time (07:40‐07:55), late start time (08:00‐08:10) | |
Outcomes | Sleep duration Outcome measurement:
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Notes | Funding sources: supported by Scholarship for Studying Abroad from China Scholarship Council, Distinguished Young Academics Fund from East China Normal University | |
Risk of bias | ||
Bias | Authors' judgement | Support for judgement |
Random sequence generation (selection bias) | High risk | Non‐randomized trial; high risk by default |
Allocation concealment (selection bias) | High risk | Non‐randomized trial; high risk by default |
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias) All outcomes | High risk | No blinding of participants or personnel mentioned; participants knew their start time |
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) All outcomes | Unclear risk | No discussion of attrition |
Selective reporting (reporting bias) | Low risk | Only captured one outcome; reported that one outcome |
Other bias | Low risk | No evidence of other biases |
Similarity of baseline measures (RCT/CBA only) | High risk | No baseline measure |
Similarity of baseline characteristics (RCT/CBA only) | Low risk | Controlled for gender, race, SES |
Diffusion of treatment effects (RCT/CBA only) | Low risk | Because of the nature of school start times, diffusion is not a possibility between groups |