Moghnieh 2016.
| Methods | Non‐randomised trial in 1 hospital Study period: November 2015‐March 2016 Lebanon |
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| Participants | Nurses | |
| Interventions | Incentives in 1 intervention arm, and audit feedback in separate intervention arm vs education in control group | |
| Outcomes | Observed hand hygiene compliance | |
| Notes | Funding source: Not stated Declaration of interest: Not stated |
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| Risk of bias | ||
| Bias | Authors' judgement | Support for judgement |
| Random sequence generation (selection bias) | High risk | Non‐random allocation |
| Allocation concealment (selection bias) | Unclear risk | Allocation was done at the start of the study but method was not reported |
| Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias) All outcomes | High risk | Not possible to blind |
| Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) All outcomes | Low risk | Auditors were blinded |
| Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) All outcomes | Low risk | Missing data (missed opportunities) unlikely to be very different in different arms Similar loss to follow‐up in both groups |
| Selective reporting (reporting bias) | Low risk | No evidence of selective reporting |
| Other bias | Low risk | No evidence |
| Baseline outcomes | Low risk | Similar baseline hand hygiene compliance |
| Baseline characteristics | Unclear risk | Reported as similar but no supporting data provided |
| Protection from contamination | Unclear risk | Unclear if staff moved from unit to unit and would have been aware of feedback |