Table 1

Study eligibility criteria

Inclusion criteriaExclusion criteria
1. Prospective, randomised controlled trial1. Studies involving animals
2. Patients with a diagnosis of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders , including: fetal alcohol syndrome, partial fetal alcohol syndrome, alcohol-related neurodevelopmental disorder, alcohol-related birth defects, fetal alcohol effects2. Non- randomised controlled trials(eg, cohort studies with preintervention and postintervention measurements and case–control studies)
3. Majority (> 80%) of patients under the age of 18  years of age at time of randomisation
4. Pharmacological interventions including but not limited to: stimulants, antidepressants, neuroleptics, antianxiety drugs
5. Non-pharmacological interventions but not limited to: cognitive control therapy, education and learning strategies, language and literary therapy, speech, occupational and physiotherapies, early intervention programmes and psychosocial interventions