Kiessling 2002.
| Methods | Cluster RCT
Follow up:
providers: DONE
patients: DONE
Blinded assessment: DONE
Baseline: DONE
Reliable outcomes: DONE
Protection against contamination: DONE Overall quality: HIGH |
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| Participants | 54 general practitioners and 88 of their patients with coronary artery disease Country: Sweden Proportion of eligible providers who participated: NOT CLEAR General practice Academic/Teaching setting: NON‐TEACHING Type of targeted behaviour: PREVENTIVE CARE (coronary artery disease) Complexity of targeted behaviour: LOW | |
| Interventions | 1. CME: guidelines distributed and presented in a lecture + 1 hr x 3 (4) of case‐based education 2. Guidelines distributed and presented in a lecture | |
| Outcomes | Professional practice: none (only self‐reported) Patient: low density lipoprotein cholesterol (mmol/l) Seriousness of outcome: MODERATE | |
| Notes | ||
| Risk of bias | ||
| Bias | Authors' judgement | Support for judgement |
| Allocation concealment (selection bias) | Low risk | A ‐ Adequate |