Perkins 2015.
Methods | Cluster randomised trial in the USA | |
Participants |
Participants: healthcare providers and their patients including boys and girls aged 11–21 years Number per group: 2 intervention health centres (4093 participants) and 6 control health centres (9025 participants) Total number enrolled: 13,118 participants Study population: healthcare workers (physicians, nurse practitioners, nurses, physician assistants, and medical assistants). Only physicians, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants with their own patient panels were eligible to receive personalised feedback on vaccination rates. As an incentive, physicians were eligible to receive maintenance of certification (MOC) Part IV credits, which fulfilled the requirements for maintaining board certification. Boys and girls aged 11–21 years from low‐income populations who received primary care in the Pediatric/Adolescent Departments at an intervention or control practice. |
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Interventions |
Intervention: multi‐component performance improvement continuing medical education intervention Description: intervention included:
Comparison: usual practice Description of comparison: none Duration: 2 years Vaccine target: HPV vaccines Disease targeted: HPV infection Number of doses: 3 doses |
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Outcomes | HPV vaccine uptake | |
Notes | ||
Risk of bias | ||
Bias | Authors' judgement | Support for judgement |
Random sequence generation (selection bias) | Low risk | Selection of the practice for the intervention or control condition was random. |
Allocation concealment (selection bias) | Low risk | Included centres allocated randomly. |
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias) All outcomes | Low risk | The outcome is an objective measure. |
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) All outcomes | Low risk | The outcome is an objective measure. |
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) All outcomes | Low risk | Data available through a common electronic medical records' system. |
Selective reporting (reporting bias) | Low risk | All practices used the same electronic medical records' system. |
Other bias | Low risk | No evidence of other biases. |