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 |
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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 |
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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 |