Bias | Authors' judgement | Support for judgement |
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Random sequence generation (selection bias) | Low risk |
Quote: “Youth were then randomly selected by the research team using randomizer.org.” Comment: random sequence generation was adequately done |
Allocation concealment (selection bias) | Low risk |
Quote: “Participants were randomised at the end of the baseline survey. As such, all participants were blind to their arm assignment at enrolment.” Comment: allocation concealment was adequate |
Similar baseline characteristics | Unclear risk | |
Similar baseline outcome measurement | Unclear risk | |
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias) | Low risk | Comment: blinding was not possible due to the nature of the intervention |
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) | Unclear risk | Comment: insufficient information to permit judgement |
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) | Low risk |
Quote: “Ninety‐two percent of intervention and 93% of control participants provided six‐month follow‐up data” Comment: missing outcome data is balance across the groups |
Prevention of knowledge of allocated intervention | Unclear risk | |
Protection against contamination | Unclear risk | |
Selective reporting (reporting bias) | Low risk |
Quote: “The study design initially proposed to examine the effects of exposure to CyberSenga on unprotected sex over the six‐month follow‐up period. Based upon the decision to deliver the final module as a booster, the main outcome measure was modified, prior to study implementation, to be unprotected sex in the past three months at six‐months' post‐intervention.” Comment: outcome was modified but was adjusted appropriately with the changes to the methods. |
Other bias | Low risk | Comment: insufficient information to permit judgement |