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

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
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