| Methods |
Randomised controlled trial to determine if a simple 1‐day NRT alters health worker resuscitation practices in a public hospital setting in Kenya |
| Participants |
Health workers receiving early training with NRT (28 workers) or late training (the control group, 55 workers) |
| Interventions |
The training was adapted locally from the resuscitation programme recommended by the UK Resuscitation Council |
| Outcomes |
The primary outcome was the proportion of appropriate initial resuscitation steps with the frequency of inappropriate practices and resuscitation mortality in the delivery room as secondary outcomes. Data were collected on 97 (intervention) and 115 (control) resuscitation episodes over 7 weeks after early training |
| Notes |
Controlled‐Trials.com ISRCTN92218092 |
| Risk of bias |
| Bias |
Authors' judgement |
Support for judgement |
| Random sequence generation (selection bias) |
Unclear risk |
Method of randomisation not specified |
| Allocation concealment (selection bias) |
Unclear risk |
Not explicitly stated |
| Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias)
All outcomes |
High risk |
Not possible |
| Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias)
All outcomes |
Low risk |
Assessors were blinded to the intervention or control group |
| Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias)
All outcomes |
High risk |
28 of the 32 providers in the intervention group and 55 of the 58 in the control group were observed |
| Selective reporting (reporting bias) |
Unclear risk |
Not clear |
| Other bias |
Low risk |
None noted |
