Table 3.
Evidence Project risk of bias tool (for non-RCTs) | |||||||||
Author, year | Study design includes | Comparison groups equivalent at baseline on | Random assignment (group or individual) to the intervention | Participants randomly selected for assessment | Control for potential confounders | Follow-up rate ≥75% | |||
Preintervention and postintervention data | Control or comparison group | Cohort | Sociodemographics | Outcome measures | |||||
Castle et al, 201126 | No | Yes | No | No | Not reported | No | Yes | No | Yes |
Duke et al, 201528 | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Lam et al, 201737 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
Virtanen et al, 201549 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Not reported | Yes | No | Yes | No |
Green: low risk of bias; red: high risk of bias; yellow: not reported/unclear risk of bias.
RCT, randomised controlled trial.