Wilson 1992.
| Methods | Cluster RCT
Follow up:
providers: DONE
patients: DONE
Blinded assessment: DONE
Baseline: DONE
Reliable outcomes: NOT CLEAR
Protection against contamination: DONE Overall quality: MODERATE |
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| Participants | 22 family doctors providing exercise counselling for 420 patients Country: CANADA Proportion of eligible providers who participated: 12% General practice Academic/Teaching setting: NON‐TEACHING Type of targeted behaviour: PREVENTIVE CARE (exercise counselling) Complexity of targeted behaviour: LOW | |
| Interventions | 1. CME: 2‐hour workshop with three components: discussion forum, practical teaching and overview of resources + mailed material 2. Control: no intervention control | |
| Outcomes | Professional practice: % of patients with whom physicians discussed exercise, as reported by patients Patient: none Seriousness of outcome: MODERATE | |
| Notes | ||
| Risk of bias | ||
| Bias | Authors' judgement | Support for judgement |
| Allocation concealment (selection bias) | Low risk | A ‐ Adequate |