Veninga 1999.
| Methods | Cluster RCT
Follow up:
providers: NOT CLEAR
patients: N/A
Blinded assessment: DONE
Baseline: DONE
Reliable outcomes: DONE
Protection against contamination: DONE Overall quality: MODERATE |
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| Participants | 665 physicians from general practice Country: Netherlands, Sweden, Slovakia and Norway Proportion of eligible providers who participated: NL 24%; S 35%; SK 20%; N 31% General practice Academic/Teaching setting: NOT CLEAR Type of targeted behaviour: PRESCRIBING (asthma care) Complexity of targeted behaviour: LOW | |
| Interventions | 1. CME: 2 educational meetings (self‐learning method in small peer groups) on asthma care + individual feedback presented in group for discussion 2. 2 educational meetings (self‐learning method in small peer groups) on the care of urinary tract infection + individual feedback presented in group for discussion | |
| Outcomes | Professional practice: % correct prescribing for asthma Patient: none Seriousness of outcome: LOW | |
| Notes | ||
| Risk of bias | ||
| Bias | Authors' judgement | Support for judgement |
| Allocation concealment (selection bias) | Low risk | A ‐ Adequate |