Maiman 1988.

Methods	Cluster RCT Follow up: providers: DONE patients: DONE Blinded assessment: NOT DONE Baseline: NOT CLEAR Reliable outcomes: NOT CLEAR Protection against contamination: NOT DONE Overall quality: LOW
Participants	83 paediatricians in practices, encouraged to provide medication compliance strategies to patients with otitis media Country: USA Proportion of eligible providers who participated: 94% General practice Academic/Teaching setting: NOT CLEAR Type of targeted behaviour: PRESCRIBING (compliance enhancing practices) Complexity of targeted behaviour: LOW
Interventions	1. CME: tutorial and accompanying printed materials: 2.5 x 2‐hr didactic and group discussion + education material 2. Mailed printed materials 3. No intervention control
Outcomes	Professional practice: compliance‐enhancing strategies and patients with no missed doses Patient: none Seriousness of outcome: LOW
Notes	No baseline data
Risk of bias
Bias	Authors' judgement	Support for judgement
Allocation concealment (selection bias)	Unclear risk	B ‐ Unclear