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

Feldstein 2007.

Methods RCT.
Participants 55 US under aged heavy drinkers.
Interventions 1 session MI (n= 40) vs no treatment control (n= 15).
Outcomes Physiological primary: None.
Non‐physiological primary: Binge drinking last 2 weeks, RAPI.
Secondary: None.
Notes  
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias) Low risk Used a random number list.
Allocation concealment (selection bias) Unclear risk Insufficient information to permit judgment.
Blinding (performance bias and detection bias) 
 Patients and providers High risk No blinding.
Blinding (performance bias and detection bias) 
 Assessors Low risk "Undergraduate assistants blind to the randomization collected participant data at the follow‐up."
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) 
 All outcomes Low risk 7% lost‐to‐follow‐up at 2 months, balanced across groups. Reasons stated. Not ITT.
Selective reporting (reporting bias) Low risk The published report included all expected outcomes based on the study hypotheses.
Other bias Unclear risk Only self‐reported outcomes. Differences between groups at baseline were not reported.