The effectiveness of the Structured Health Intervention For Truckers (SHIFT): a cluster randomised controlled trial (RCT)

Assessed by RV012 · Lecturer (Teaching & Research)

Assessed on 30 Oct 2025

OverallReviewer's overall integrity assessment, derived from all research questions No concerns

DOI 10.1186/s12916-022-02372-7 (opens in new tab)

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5 Research Questions · 2 Evidence Items

Q1.1 — Does the study have an associated retraction?

Automated Assessment:Assessment produced by the automated systemNo

Human Assessment:Assessment by a domain expert reviewer, informed by AI resultsNo

Rationale: Journal does not mention anything either

Q1.2 — Does the study have an associated expression of concern or other relevant post-publication notice?

Automated Assessment:Assessment produced by the automated systemNo

Human Assessment:Assessment by a domain expert reviewer, informed by AI resultsNo

Rationale: No concerns

Q1.3 — Do other studies by the research team highlight causes for concern?

Automated Assessment:Assessment produced by the automated systemNo

Human Assessment:Assessment by a domain expert reviewer, informed by AI resultsNo

Rationale: No concerns

Q2.2 — Are there concerns relating to the timing or absence of study registration?

Automated Assessment:Assessment produced by the automated systemYes

Human Assessment:Assessment by a domain expert reviewer, informed by AI resultsNo

Rationale: How does the system know if the date is day/month/year or month/day/year? I checked the WHO page and was not sure if the registration was before or after recruitment.

Supporting Evidence (2)

Clinical Trial RegistrationSource: Clinical trial registry (e.g. ClinicalTrials.gov, ISRCTN)

Registration ID: ISRCTN10483894

Registry: ISRCTN

Registry Link: https://trialsearch.who.int/Trial2.aspx?TrialID=ISRCTN10483894 (opens in new tab)

Registration Date: 3 Jan 2017

Prospective:Whether the trial was registered before participant recruitment began No

Assessment Rationale:How INSPECT-AI determined the prospective registration status by comparing dates Comparison performed at month level. Registration: 2017-03, LLM Recruitment Start: 2017-01. Deemed retrospective at month level.

Study Design EvidenceDates and timelines extracted by INSPECT-AI from the publication text

Recruitment Start: 01-2017

Recruitment Start Rationale:INSPECT-AI's reasoning for how it identified the recruitment start date Trial registration: ISRCTN10483894 (date registered: 01/03/2017). Assuming recruitment started around the same time as registration, no specific recruitment start date found.

Recruitment End: N/A

Recruitment End Rationale:INSPECT-AI's reasoning for how it identified the recruitment end date No explicit recruitment end date found after full search.

Study End: N/A

Study End Rationale:INSPECT-AI's reasoning for how it identified the study end date Due to government restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic, follow-up at 12 months were rescheduled and completed between 16 and 18 months after randomisation. No specific study end date found.

Overall — What is the overall integrity assessment of the study?

Automated Assessment:Assessment produced by the automated systemN/A

Human Assessment:Assessment by a domain expert reviewer, informed by AI resultsNo concerns

Rationale: I would have no concerns about the paper, but please note question about how the AI system checks for date formatting