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

Meyer 2001.

Methods Cluster RCT 
 Follow up: 
 providers: NOT CLEAR 
 patients: N/A 
 Blinded assessment: NOT CLEAR 
 Baseline: NOT CLEAR 
 Reliable outcomes: NOT CLEAR 
 Protection against contamination: DONE
Overall quality: MODERATE
Participants Primary health care nurses in 22 primary health care clinics 
 Country: South Africa 
 Proportion of eligible providers who participated: 51% 
 Community‐based care 
 Academic/Teaching setting: NOT CLEAR 
 Type of targeted behaviour: PRESCRIBING (prescribing practices)
Complexity of targeted behaviour: MEDIUM
Interventions 1. CME: 4 days problem‐based educational sessions using material from the WHO's '"Guide to Good Prescribing'" 
 2. No intervention control
Outcomes Professional practice: indicators for rational prescribing in respiratory tract infection and diarrhoea/vomiting 
 Patient: none 
 Seriousness of outcome: HIGH
Notes  
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Allocation concealment (selection bias) Low risk A ‐ Adequate