Aliasgharpour 2013.

Methods	Randomised controlled trial (1 month follow‐up)
Participants	66 patients from the Neurology Clinic in Zanjan, Iran The majority of participants were aged 18 to 25 years (62%) and 26 to 35 years (27%); 52% were male
Interventions	Intervention: four educational sessions on epilepsy, including a self management plan Control: usual epilepsy care and support offered by the clinic
Outcomes	Epilepsy self management levels, measured using the Epilepsy Self Management Scale (ESMS) at baseline and 1 month follow‐up
Funding	Research project approved and funded by Tehran University of Medical Sciences
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Risk of bias
Bias	Authors' judgement	Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias)	Low risk	Random number table was used
Allocation concealment (selection bias)	Unclear risk	Allocation process not described
Blinding (performance bias and detection bias) All outcomes	High risk	None of the participants, clinicians or assessors appeared to have been blinded. The subjective nature of the outcomes measured (all by self reported questionnaire) means this may have introduced bias
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) All outcomes	Low risk	Data from 90% of participants were included in the analysis. Reasons for dropout reported
Selective reporting (reporting bias)	Low risk	All outcomes detailed in the Methods were reported in the results
Other bias	Unclear risk	Power calculations and the required sample size were reported. Investigators reported that there were no statistically significant baseline differences between groups although some noticeable differences were apparent from an examination of the data. There was no obvious possibility of contamination
Overall risk of bias	Low risk	There was no blinding but no obvious possibility of contamination, and the majority of data was included in the analysis with reasons for participant dropout also reported