Franklin 2002.
Methods | CBA | |
Participants | Children and young people, aged 4‐17 years, referred from the county court system, fire departments, schools and parents with fire setting incident | |
Interventions | I = trauma burn outreach prevention program (TBOPP) ‐ a 1 day multidisciplinary program with interactive content focusing on the impact of fire setting behaviour including a peer counselling approach C = No TBOPP | |
Outcomes | Outcomes measured between 8 months and 2.5 years: Firesetting behaviour Recidivism rate ‐ I = 1/132 C = 37/102, OR 0.01 (0.002 to 0.1) |
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Notes | Blinding ‐ u Outcomes 80% ‐ u Balance ‐ n Control arm were children who were not referred to the prevention programme Control arm were marginally younger and less likely to have a history of arson | |
Risk of bias | ||
Bias | Authors' judgement | Support for judgement |
Allocation concealment (selection bias) | Unclear risk | Not applicable ‐ non‐randomised study |