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. 2022 Jun 1;18(2):e1234. doi: 10.1002/cl2.1234
Adams, JSK (2013) Increasing compliance with protective eyewear to reduce ocular injuries in stone‐quarry workers in Tamil Nadu, India: a pragmatic, cluster randomized trial of a single education session versus an enhanced education package delivered over 6 months.
Country IN
Aim Evaluate whether participants allocated to intensive and less intensive educational strategies differed in the incidence of detected eye injuries.
Target population Occupation: Stone quarry workers
Industry: Mining
Setting: 100 Underground
Firm size: 10–49 (small)
Study design RCT with comparison conditions: Alternative type of intervention
Unit of analysis: Group/organizational level
Sample size: 103 workers (cases with enhanced education program; 92/103 at follow‐up). 101 workers (controls standard education program; 91/101 at follow‐up) = 204.
Type of intervention 1.1.2 Counseling approaches
Evaluation design Duration of intervention: 6 months
Duration of follow‐up: 2 = Short‐term (≤12 months)
Type of outcome measure: Injury
Study quality High quality