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. 2019 Sep 24;2019(9):CD012177. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD012177.pub2

Riley 2011.

Methods Cluster‐randomised trial
Participants Who: All labour and delivery staff
Number: Not reported
Proportion of eligible staff participating: Not reported
Interventions Intervention description: Didactic training in TeamSTEPPS or TeamSTEPPS and in situ simulation training
Control: No intervention
Location: Webinars and in situ simulation
Delivered by: Not clear
Length: 2 1/2 hours
Duration: 11 simulations
Outcomes Outcomes: Weighted adverse outcome score, staff attitude
Follow‐up: 1 year
Population studied Description: All women admitted to the hospitals between 2005 and 2008
Number: Not clear
Funding Source US Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and University of Minnesota Academic Health Center
Study Setting 3 small community hospitals in the USA with a combined total of 1800 deliveries per year
Notes  
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias) Unclear risk Not documented
Allocation concealment (selection bias) Unclear risk Not documented
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias) 
 All outcomes High risk Not documented, but not possible to blind participants to intervention
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) 
 All outcomes Unclear risk Not documented
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) 
 All outcomes Unclear risk No discussion of incomplete data
Selective reporting (reporting bias) Low risk Outcomes discussed in methods were reported.
Other bias High risk Differences between sites, including better staffing at 1 of the intervention hospitals