Gargano 2015.
Methods | Randomised trial in the USA between November 2011 and July 2013 | |
Participants |
Participants: parents of middle‐ and high‐school students Number enrolled: 6 middle‐ and 5 high‐schools Study population: parents of middle‐ and high‐school students enrolled in schools that were participating in a study focused on evaluating approaches to promoting adolescent vaccination. |
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Interventions |
Intervention: 1. parent‐only adolescent vaccination education and 2. parent and adolescent education Description: 3‐ to 5‐month health education for parents only or parents and adolescents. The intervention consisted of a brochure for parents and a 2‐ to 3‐day curriculum for adolescents. The parent education package included an invitation letter and a gift card valued at USD 20. Duration: 2 years Comparison: usual practice Description of the comparison: none. Vaccine target: Tdap, meningococcal, HPV, and influenza vaccines Disease targeted: not specified Number of doses: not stated |
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Outcomes | Parent willingness to have their adolescent vaccinated in a school‐located vaccination clinic Attitudes and beliefs towards vaccination |
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Notes | ||
Risk of bias | ||
Bias | Authors' judgement | Support for judgement |
Random sequence generation (selection bias) | Unclear risk | No description. |
Allocation concealment (selection bias) | Unclear risk | No description. |
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias) All outcomes | Low risk | The outcome is an objective measure. |
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) All outcomes | Low risk | The outcome is an objective measure. |
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) All outcomes | High risk | Low response rate. |
Selective reporting (reporting bias) | Unclear risk | No description. |
Other bias | Low risk | No evidence of other biases. |