Feinberg 2015.
Methods | Randomised trial | |
Participants | USA Pregnant women and their partner (couples were aged 18 and above, living together, and expecting a first child at recruitment) The analytic sample consisted of 147 mothers (71 from control, and 76 from the intervention group) who completed interviews when children were 6 months old (wave 2), interviewed from 2004 to 2006 |
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Interventions | Intervention: psychosocial couple‐based prevention programme Control: routine care (no educational classes) |
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Outcomes | Delivery mode, complications of pregnancy and delivery, mother and newborn length of hospital stay | |
Notes | Baseline (control group) CS rate: 40% Date of study: “The analytic sample consisted of 147 mothers (71 from control, and 76 from the intervention group) who completed interviews when children were 6 months old (wave 2), interviewed from 2004 to 2006.” Funding: National Institute of Child Health and Development (K23 HD042575) and the National Institute of Mental Health (R21 MH064125‐01). Conflict of interest: not reported |
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Risk of bias | ||
Bias | Authors' judgement | Support for judgement |
Random sequence generation (selection bias) | Unclear risk | Insufficient information provided |
Allocation concealment (selection bias) | Unclear risk | Insufficient information provided |
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias) All outcomes | Unclear risk | Insufficient information provided |
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) All outcomes | Unclear risk | Insufficient information provided |
Baseline characteristics similar? | Low risk | In page 4 in the article: "To assess randomization, we performed attrition analysis and baseline equivalence testing by intervention condition. Results showed baseline equivalence across a wide array of pretest" |
Baseline outcome measurements similar? | Unclear risk | Insufficient information provided |
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) All outcomes | Unclear risk | Insufficient information provided |
Selective reporting (reporting bias) | Low risk | All relevant outcomes in the methods section are reported in the results section |
Protected against contamination? | Unclear risk | Insufficient information available to assess likelihood of contamination |
Other bias | Low risk | No evidence of other bias |