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. 2009 Apr 15;2009(2):CD003030. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD003030.pub2

Eaton 1999.

Methods Cluster RCT 
 Follow up:
providers: NOT CLEAR 
 patients: N/A 
 Blinded assessment: DONE 
 Baseline: NOT DONE 
 Reliable outcomes: DONE 
 Protection against contamination: DONE
Overall quality: MODERATE
Participants 1 doctor and 1 nurse from each of 30 primary care practices 
 Country: New Zealand 
 Proportion of eligible providers who participated: 10% 
 General practice
Academic/Teaching setting: NOT CLEAR 
 Type of targeted behaviour: SPIROMETRY USE (screening, diagnosis and monitoring of respiratory disease) 
 Complexity of targeted behaviour: LOW
Interventions 1. CME: 2 hr workshop: theoretical + practical aspects of performance + handheld spirometer received 
 2. Handheld spirometer received
Outcomes Professional practice: spirometry quality assurance data 
 Patient: none 
 Seriousness of outcome: MODERATE
Notes No baseline data
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Allocation concealment (selection bias) Unclear risk B ‐ Unclear