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

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
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