Kasje 2004.
| Methods | Cluster RCT
Follow up:
providers: NOT DONE
patients: NOT DONE
Blinded assessment: DONE
Baseline: NOT DONE
Reliable outcomes: DONE
Protection against contamination: DONE Overall quality: MODERATE |
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| Participants | 245 general practitioners in 27 peer review groups Country: Netherlands Proportion of eligible providers who participated: 93% General practice Academic/Teaching setting: NON‐TEACHING Type of targeted behaviour: PRESCRIBING (chronic heart failure and diabetes mellitus type 2) Complexity of targeted behaviour: LOW |
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| Interventions | 1a. CME: 13 peer review groups in arm for condition chronic heart failure: 1‐hr interactive peer group session on management of condition with case based discussions
2a. No intervention control 1b. CME: 14 peer review groups in arm for condition diabetes mellitus type 2: 1‐hr interactive peer group session on management of condition with case based discussions 2b. No intervention control |
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| Outcomes | Professional practice: % of patients receiving prescription of ACE inhibitors Patient: none Seriousness of outcome: MODERATE | |
| Notes | ||
| Risk of bias | ||
| Bias | Authors' judgement | Support for judgement |
| Allocation concealment (selection bias) | Low risk | A ‐ Adequate |