Simons 2001.
| Methods | Cluster RCT
Follow up: providers: NOT CLEAR patients: NOT DONE Blinded assessment: NOT CLEAR Baseline: NOT DONE Reliable outcomes: NOT CLEAR Protection against contamination: DONE Overall quality: MODERATE |
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| Participants | Health visitors in 18 clinics Country: UK Proportion of eligible providers who participated: NOT CLEAR Community‐based care Academic/Teaching setting: NON‐TEACHING Type of targeted behaviour: PREVENTIVE CARE (help couples with relationship problems after birth) Complexity of targeted behaviour: MEDIUM | |
| Interventions | 1. CME: 4‐day training 2. No intervention control | |
| Outcomes | Professional practice: % of mothers remembering having discussed relationship with health visitor Patient: none Seriousness of outcome: LOW | |
| Notes | ||
| Risk of bias | ||
| Bias | Authors' judgement | Support for judgement |
| Allocation concealment (selection bias) | Low risk | A ‐ Adequate |