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. 2010 Mar 17;2010(3):CD005575. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD005575.pub3

Wen 2008.

Methods Design: Cluster‐randomised controlled trial
Duration of follow‐up: 19 months
Participants Country: Australia
Setting: Urban primary schools
Intervention group: 12 schools, 1094 baseline responses
Control group: 12 schools, 1164 baseline responses
Age: 10‐11 years. Gender: 52% female. 54% lived within 1 km of school. 45% had >1 car in household.
Interventions For students: survey, home to school mapping exercise, preparation for high school
For teachers: professional development, classroom learning materials, travel access guide for each school, launch of this guide at school
Parents: parent survey, monthly newsletters, parent & citizen association meetings
Council: review of safety and walkability near participating schools, working with councils to improve safety and walkability near these schools
Duration of intervention: 19 months
Outcomes Student‐reported travel mode each day for five days; parent‐reported usual travel mode to and from school.
Effects on inequalities not reported.
Adverse effects not reported.
Notes  
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Adequate sequence generation? Low risk Pulled out of a hat, alternating assignment
Allocation concealment? Low risk Pulled out of a hat, alternating assignment
Blinding? 
 All outcomes High risk Not feasible. Could have influenced outcomes
Incomplete outcome data addressed? 
 All outcomes Low risk Loss to follow‐up 35%, but those lost to follow‐up similar to other participants with respect to demographics, distance to school, baseline travel mode
Free of selective reporting? Unclear risk Not clear that all pre‐specified outcomes were included
Free of other bias? Low risk No other sources of bias identified
Adequate matching of intervention / control groups? High risk Despite randomisation, higher proportion of children lived <1km from intervention schools