Lacoutre 1978.
Methods | CBA (C) Allocation at level of towns | |
Participants | School children aged 6‐14 years in Wilmington (intervention) and Scituate (control), Massachusetts | |
Interventions | I = community poison prevention education programme, directed at school children C = no community poison prevention education programme | |
Outcomes | Period over which outcomes measured not reported. Possession of ipecac ‐ reports change in percentage of families having ipecac but does not report baseline prevalence. Significantly more intervention group families had ipecac than control group families, P < 0.05. |
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Notes | Blinding ‐ n Outcomes 80% ‐ u Balance ‐ y | |
Risk of bias | ||
Bias | Authors' judgement | Support for judgement |
Allocation concealment (selection bias) | Unclear risk | Not applicable ‐ non‐randomised study |