Gray 2004.
| Methods | Cluster RCT
Follow up: providers: DONE patients: NOT DONE Blinded assessment: DONE Baseline: NOT CLEAR Reliable outcomes: DONE Protection against contamination: DONE Overall quality: MODERATE |
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| Participants | 12 clusters of 5 community mental health nurses each, based on geographical location
Country: UK
Proportion of eligible providers who participated: NOT CLEAR
Setting of care: community‐based care Academic/Teaching setting: NON‐TEACHING Type of targeted behaviour: GENERAL MANAGEMENT OF A PROBLEM (compliance therapy) Complexity of targeted behaviour: HIGH |
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| Interventions | 1. CME: 80 hrs of teaching delivered on a day‐release basis over 10 weeks 2. No intervention control | |
| Outcomes | Professional practice: none Patient: compliance with schizophrenia medication Seriousness of outcome: HIGH | |
| Notes | Cost of training each community mental health nurse: £ 1474 | |
| Risk of bias | ||
| Bias | Authors' judgement | Support for judgement |
| Allocation concealment (selection bias) | Low risk | A ‐ Adequate |