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. 2012 Sep 12;2012(9):CD005014. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD005014.pub3

DiGuiseppi 2002.

Methods RCT (C)
 Allocation at level of electoral wards
Participants Households in council rented accommodation
Interventions I = free smoke alarm, and offer of free fitting, reminder to change batteries 
 C = no smoke alarm
Outcomes Outcomes measured at 18 months:
Fire related injuries:
Rate ratio (RR) 1.3 (0.9,1.8), adjusted for baseline rates RR 1.3 (0.9,1.9)
Hospitalisations and deaths:
RR 1.3 (0.7,2.4), adjusted for baseline rates RR 1.3 (0.7,2.3)
Preventable injuries*:
RR 1.1 (0.8,1.7), adjusted for baseline rates RR 1.2 (0.8,1.8)
Preventable hospitalisations and deaths:
RR 1.0 (0.5,1.9), adjusted for baseline rates RR 1.0 (0.5,2.0)
Attended fires:
RR 1.0 (0.9,1.2), adjusted for baseline rates RR 1.1 (0.96,1.3)
*Preventable = independently judged by 2 researchers blinded to treatment arm to be potentially preventable had a working smoke alarm been present.
Functional smoke alarms
Notes Blinding ‐ y
 Outcomes 80% ‐ y(i) n(sp)
 Balance ‐ n/a
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Allocation concealment (selection bias) Low risk Adequate