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

Nansel 2008.

Methods Non‐RCT
Participants randomly allocated to I1 and C arms and remainder allocated to I2
Participants Parents of children aged <= 4 years attending well child visits at 3 paediatric clinics with mainly low to middle income patients
Interventions I1 = tailored injury prevention education
I2 = tailored injury prevention education and provider tailored information
C = general education
Outcomes Outcomes measured at 1 month:
Possession of smoke alarm
Safe hot water temperature
Hot drinks/food out of reach
Safe storage of medicines
Safe storage of cleaning products
Poison centre number accessible
Use of stair gates
Use of baby walker
Never leaves child alone on high surface
Never left child alone in bath
Turns pan handles away from edge of stove I1=7/7, I2=11/12, C=12/14, OR combining both I arms: 3.00 (0.14 to 186.62)
Almost always keeps child away from stove or oven I1=4/7, I2=10/12, C=11/13, OR combining both I arms: 0.51 (0.04 to 3.98)
Notes I1 and I2 arms combined for meta‐analyses
Blinding ‐ n
 Outcomes 80% ‐ n
 Balance ‐ n
Participants in I2 arm were older, more likely to be Caucasian and had lower educational level than those in C arm.
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Allocation concealment (selection bias) Unclear risk Not applicable ‐ non‐randomised study