Table 3.

KT intervention types and their components

Intervention type		Control group	Number of comparison	Studies
	Single component interventions vs. no intervention
Interactive educational meetings		No intervention	1	(Peter et al. 2015)
Distribution of educational materials		No intervention	1	(Evans et al. 2010)
	Single component interventions vs. another intervention
Interactive educational meetings		Conventional educational meeting	1	(Peter et al. 2013)
	Multi-component interventions vs. no intervention
Educational meetings + local opinion leaders		No intervention	1	(Stevenson et al. 2006)
Educational meetings + reminders		No intervention	2	(Bussières et al. 2010; Murray et al. 2015)
Educational meetings + Educational outreach visit		No intervention	1	(Cleland et al. 2009)
	Multi-component interventions vs. another intervention
Interactive educational meeting+ Educational outreach visits + Distribution of educational materials + Local opinion leaders		Distribution of educational materials	1	(Rebbeck et al. 2006)
Interactive educational meetings + Distribution of educational materials		Distribution of educational materials	1	(Bekkering et al. 2005)
Educational meeting + Reminder		Educational meeting	1	(Chipchase et al. 2016)
Educational meeting + distribution of educational materials + other (peer-assessment)		Educational meeting + distribution of educational materials	1	(van Dulmen et al. 2014)