Solomon 2004.
| Methods | Provider RCT
Follow up:
providers: DONE
patients: DONE
Blinded assessment: NOT CLEAR
Baseline: DONE
Reliable outcomes: NOT CLEAR
Protection against contamination: NOT CLEAR Overall quality: LOW |
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| Participants | 21 rheumatologists at 1 large academic arthritis practice Country: USA Proportion of eligible providers who participated: 100% Hospital, outpatients Academic/Teaching setting: university‐based Type of targeted behaviour: PRESCRIBING (glucocorticoid‐induced osteoporosis) Complexity of targeted behaviour: LOW | |
| Interventions | 1. CME: 1.5 hr educational dinner meeting, mixed format (feedback material discussed) + list of patients with rheumatoid arthritis sent to doctors (feedback) 3 weeks later + reminder guideline 2. No intervention control | |
| Outcomes | Professional practice: % of patients having medication for osteoporosis Patient: none Seriousness of outcome: LOW | |
| Notes | ||
| Risk of bias | ||
| Bias | Authors' judgement | Support for judgement |
| Allocation concealment (selection bias) | Unclear risk | B ‐ Unclear |