Price 2017.
Study characteristics | ||
Methods | Cluster RCT | |
Participants | Primary care provincial research network, BC, Canada (University of British Columbia Department of Family Practice Research Network) 4825 patients, 28 primary care physicians, 8 practices |
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Interventions | Informed physicians of potentially inappropriate prescriptions in the elderly by application of 40 Screening Tool of Older People’s Prescriptions (STOPP) rules | |
Outcomes | Process adherence (prescribing) | |
Co‐Interventions | Educational: None Beyond Clinician Education: None |
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CDSS Features ‐ Acknowledgement of CDSS Required | No | |
CDSS Features ‐ Other | Ambush, conveyed patient‐specific information, decision support was complex, included supporting information on‐screen, makes care recommendation, other concurrent CDSS, 'push' mode of delivery, targeted overuse | |
Notes | ||
Risk of bias | ||
Bias | Authors' judgement | Support for judgement |
Allocation concealment (selection bias) | Low risk | |
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) All outcomes | Low risk | |
Baseline characteristics similar? | Low risk | |
Unit of analysis error | Low risk |