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. 2011 May 11;2011(5):CD008063. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD008063.pub2

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.
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.