Welschen 2004.
| Methods | Cluster RCT
Follow up:
providers: DONE
patients: N/A
Blinded assessment: DONE
Baseline: DONE
Reliable outcomes: DONE
Protection against contamination: DONE Overall quality: HIGH |
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| Participants | 12 peer review groups including 100 general practitioners with their collaborating pharmacists Country: Netherlands Proportion of eligible providers who participated: 29% General practice Academic/Teaching setting: NOT CLEAR Type of targeted behaviour: PRESCRIBING (of antibiotics for respiratory tract symptoms) Complexity of targeted behaviour: LOW | |
| Interventions | 1. CME: peer‐group education meeting with communication skills training + feedback presented at practice level + 2‐hr group education for assistants + education material for patients at practice site 2. Control: No intervention control | |
| Outcomes | Professional practice: rate of antibiotic prescribing in % Patient: patient satisfaction Seriousness of outcome: LOW | |
| Notes | ||
| Risk of bias | ||
| Bias | Authors' judgement | Support for judgement |
| Allocation concealment (selection bias) | Low risk | A ‐ Adequate |