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. 2018 Feb 22;2018(2):MR000013. doi: 10.1002/14651858.MR000013.pub6

Abhyankar 2010.

Methods Randomised controlled trial
Data Setting: university, UK. 30 participants were women students and staff aged over 18 years on the university email list
Comparisons Investigated the use of trial information with clarification of values
Intervention A: study information plus implicit values clarification task (look at info)
Intervention B: study information plus implicit and explicit values clarification task (look at info and engage with it by making ratings of what is important to you)
Comparator: routine information
Outcomes Willingness to take part in a hypothetical trial
Notes  
Risk of bias
Item Authors' judgement Description
Random Sequence generation ok? Unclear Insufficient detail in paper to be sure what was done
Allocation concealment? Unclear Uncertain if the random numbers list was open and so investigators could in principle influence allocation
Blinding of participants and personnel ok? Unclear Linked to qualitative work; possible that investigators could influence quantitative work through qualitative work and they know allocation by this stage (if not before).
Blinding of outcome assessment ok? Unclear Willingness to take part is self‐report; not clear what participants were told beforehand, which could influence what they report
Incomplete outcome data handled ok? Yes Adequate
Free of selective reporting? Yes Recruitment reported, and this is the only outcome needed for review.
Was the study free of other bias? No Trial is hypothetical so outcome is just a proxy for real decision
Overall bias? Yes High risk of bias