Chanut 2007.
Methods | Pilot RCT. | |
Participants | 51 offenders convicted of driving under the influence (DUI). Canada. | |
Interventions | MI (n = 24) vs psycho‐education (n =27). | |
Outcomes |
Physiological primary: None. Non‐physiological primary: Heavy drinking days (>6 units/day) and AUDIT. Secondary: Service utilization. Follow‐ups were at 3 months and 6 months. |
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Notes | ||
Risk of bias | ||
Bias | Authors' judgement | Support for judgement |
Random sequence generation (selection bias) | Low risk | Urn randomisation ("Un protocole de randomisation par urnes assisté par ordinateur (Project MATCH Research Group, 1993) a été utilisé pour assigner les participants à l'une des deux conditions."). |
Allocation concealment (selection bias) | Unclear risk | Insufficient information to permit judgement. |
Blinding (performance bias and detection bias) Patients and providers | Unclear risk | Blinding of providers was not possible, but participants could have been blinded. |
Blinding (performance bias and detection bias) Assessors | Unclear risk | It is not stated whether assessors were blinded. |
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) All outcomes | Unclear risk | Attrition was 22% at 3 months and 29% at 6 months. Balanced across groups. Reasons for loss to follow‐up not reported. Use of ITT was reported but it is unclear whether all reported analyses used ITT. |
Selective reporting (reporting bias) | Low risk | The published report included all expected outcomes based on the stated hypotheses. |
Other bias | Unclear risk | Used collaterals to verify self‐report. There were baseline differences in days of hazardous drinking and the Drug Abuse Screening Test. |