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

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
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