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

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
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
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