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

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
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