| Methods |
RCT |
| Participants |
University students presenting to mental health clinic with depression
Details of age and gender distribution not provided
N = 18 |
| Interventions |
1. Supervised running for at least 20 minutes 3 times a week for 10 weeks plus counselling
2. Counselling only |
| Outcomes |
Beck Depression Inventory |
| Notes |
Outcome assessment not blind
Analysis not intention‐to‐treat |
| Risk of bias |
| Bias |
Authors' judgement |
Support for judgement |
| Random sequence generation (selection bias) |
Unclear risk |
No information to make this judgement |
| Allocation concealment (selection bias) |
High risk |
Not used |
| Blinding (performance bias and detection bias)
participants |
Unclear risk |
No information |
| Blinding (performance bias and detection bias)
those delivering intervention |
Unclear risk |
Those delivering the intervention were not blind, but the effect on bias is uncertain |
| Blinding (performance bias and detection bias)
outcome assessors |
High risk |
Judged by Lawlor and Hopker in BMJ review as not blind |
| Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias)
All outcomes |
High risk |
Judged by Lawlor and Hopker as not intention‐to‐treat |
| Selective reporting (reporting bias) |
Unclear risk |
Insufficient information; no protocol |
| Other bias |
Unclear risk |
Unclear |
