Angunawela 1991.
| Methods | Cluster RCT
Follow up:
providers: DONE
patients: N/A
Blinded assessment: DONE
Baseline: NOT CLEAR
Reliable outcomes: NOT CLEAR
Protection against contamination: DONE Overall quality: HIGH |
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| Participants | 43 prescribers in 15 state health institutions and patients (18 766 episodes of care) Country: Sri Lanka Proportion of eligible providers who participated: 94% Outpatient departments; Academic/Teaching setting: MIXED Type of targeted behaviour: PRESCRIBING (antibiotics) Complexity of targeted behaviour: LOW | |
| Interventions | 1. CME: didactic seminar 3 hrs + printed material 2. Printed material 3. No intervention control | |
| Outcomes | Professional practice: % patients receiving prescriptions for antibiotics Patient: none Seriousness of outcome: LOW | |
| Notes | ||
| Risk of bias | ||
| Bias | Authors' judgement | Support for judgement |
| Allocation concealment (selection bias) | Low risk | A ‐ Adequate |