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. 2018 Jul 19;2018(7):CD006732. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD006732.pub4

11. Effect of interventions on secondary outcomes: interventions targeting healthcare professionals compared to other interventions targeting healthcare professionals.

Continous data Meta‐analysis
Study Intervention Intervention Outcome N SMD SMD (95% CI) I2
Elwyn 2004 Educational meeting + audit and feedback (SDM skills) Educational meeting + audit and feedback (risk communication skills) Health status (mental) time 1 Pre: 169
 Post: 295 0.24 (0.01 to 0.47) 0.24 (0.01 to 0.47) na na
Elwyn 2004 Educational meeting + audit and feedback (SDM skills) Educational meeting + audit and feedback (risk communication skills) Health status (mental) time 2 Pre: 147
 Post: 257 0.17 (‐0.07 to 0.42) 0.17 (‐0.07 to 0.42) na na
Elwyn 2004 Educational meeting + audit and feedback (SDM skills) Educational meeting + audit and feedback (risk communication skills) Health status (physical) time 1 Pre: 169
 Post: 295 0.05 (‐0.19 to 0.28) 0.05 (‐0.19 to 0.28) na na
Elwyn 2004 Educational meeting + audit and feedback (SDM skills) Educational meeting + audit and feedback (risk communication skills) Health status (physical) time 2 Pre: 147
 Post: 257 ‐0.01 (‐0.26 to 0.24) ‐0.01 (‐0.26 to 0.24) na na
Elwyn 2004 Educational meeting + audit and feedback (SDM skills) Educational meeting + audit and feedback (risk communication skills) Anxiety ‐ time 1 Pre: 186
 Post: 325 0.04 (‐0.18 to 0.26) 0.04 (‐0.18 to 0.26) na na
Elwyn 2004 Educational meeting + audit and feedback (SDM skills) Educational meeting + audit and feedback (risk communication skills) Anxiety ‐ time 2 Pre: 165
 Post: 281 0.25 (0.02 to 0.49) 0.25 (0.02 to 0.49) na na
Elwyn 2004 Educational meeting + audit and feedback (SDM skills) Educational meeting + audit and feedback (risk communication skills) Anxiety ‐ time 3 Pre: 136
 Post: 237 0.15 (‐0.11 to 0.40) 0.15 (‐0.11 to 0.40) na na
Categorical data Meta‐analysis
Study Intervention Intervention Outcome N RD RD (95% CI) I2
No study                
Qualitative statement Meta‐analysis
Study Intervention Intervention Outcome Direct quote
Krones 2008 (ARRIBA‐Herz) Educational meeting + audit and feedback + educational material and Educational outreach visit Educational meeting Knowledge "Knowledge did not improve through intervention." Page 223. Difference intervention ‐ control (95% CI): 0.11 (‐0.01 to 0.24); p=0.07 (table 4) na
Elwyn 2004 Educational meeting and audit and feedback (SDM skills) Educational meeting + audit and feedback (risk communication skills) Satisfaction with information provided ”No significant effects of the risk communication or SDM intervention were seen on the whole range of patient‐based outcomes“ Page 351 na
Elwyn 2004 Educational meeting and audit and feedback (SDM skills) Educational meeting + audit and feedback (risk communication skills) Satisfaction with decision ”No significant effects of the risk communication or SDM intervention were seen on the whole range of patient‐based outcomes“ Page 351 na
Krones 2008 (ARRIBA‐Herz) Educational meeting + audit and feedback + Educational material and Educational outreach visit Educational meeting Decision regret (6 months) "After 6 months, patients who could remember the decision and had completed the decisional regret scale (385 interventions, 377 controls), reported less decisional regret in the intervention arm. " Page 223. Difference intervention ‐ control (95% CI): ‐3.39 (‐6.26 to ‐0.53); p=0.02 (table 4) na
Elwyn 2004 Educational meeting and audit and feedback (SDM skills) Educational meeting + audit and feedback (risk communication skills) Consultation length (minutes) “There was no difference in the mean consultation lengths at baseline, phase 1 and phase 2 (overall consultation mean duration was 12.5 minutes)” Page 342 na

CI: confidence interval; N: sample size; na: not applicable; RD: risk difference; SDM: shared decision making; SMD: standardized mean difference.