Walker 2006.
Methods | Multisite RCT (4 sites). | |
Participants | 97 US adolescents. | |
Interventions | 2 session MET (n= 47) vs 3 months delayed condition (n= 50). | |
Outcomes |
Physiological primary: None. Non‐physiological primary: Number of days of marijuana use. Secondary: None. |
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Notes | ||
Risk of bias | ||
Bias | Authors' judgement | Support for judgement |
Random sequence generation (selection bias) | Unclear risk | "...randomly assigned." |
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 | Unclear risk | "Baseline and 3‐month follow‐up assessments were administered by an audio‐computer‐assisted self‐interviewing program." But "a different HE (health educator) was assigned to conduct the follow‐up." |
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) All outcomes | Unclear risk | Attrition was 5% overall at 3 months follow‐up (9% in the MET group and 2% in the DFC group). Unbalanced across conditions. Reasons not reported. Stated use of ITT but reported only actual data. |
Selective reporting (reporting bias) | High risk | Authors stated alcohol and other drugs as outcomes but reported only marijuana use in the results. Some results were only claimed as "not significant" but not reported explicitly. |
Other bias | Unclear risk | Only self‐reported outcomes. There were more whites in the immediate treatment group than in the delayed treatment group at baseline. |