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

Jennett 1988.

Methods Cluster RCT 
 Follow up:
providers: DONE 
 patients: N/A 
 Blinded assessment: DONE 
 Baseline: DONE 
 Reliable outcomes: DONE 
 Protection against contamination: DONE
Overall quality: HIGH
Participants 31 family doctors in 25 practices providing care for 2077 episodes of patients with risk of colorectal or prostatic cancer or with hypertension 
 Country: Canada 
 Proportion of eligible providers who participated: 12% 
 Community‐based care
Academic/Teaching setting: NOT CLEAR 
 Type of targeted behaviour: GENERAL MANAGEMENT OF A PROBLEM (cancer screening and hypertension management) 
 Complexity of targeted behaviour: LOW
Interventions 1. CME: 1.5‐hour small group meeting + 2 teleconferences over 6‐8 weeks + 4 newsletters in cancer screening 
 2. CME: 1.5‐hour small group meeting + 2 teleconferences over 6‐8 weeks + 4 newsletters in hypertension management 
 2. No intervention control
Outcomes Professional practice: proportion of recommended behaviours in cancer screening and hypertension management 
 Patient: none 
 Seriousness of outcome: MODERATE
Notes  
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Allocation concealment (selection bias) Low risk A ‐ Adequate