Gardner 2005.

Methods	Type of targeted behaviour: increase in test ordering (BMD test) + prescribing Study design: RCT Country: USA
Participants	Setting: intervention provided to patients in hospital, imaging outcome measured against primary care provider 80 patients Condition: hip fracture in elderly (>65 age) and high likelihood of osteoporosis
Interventions	1. Patient mediated (education materials + 15 minute talk) + list of questions to take to primary care physician 2. Control: unrelated patient education
Outcomes	Professional practice: proportion of patients who had BMD test performed within 6 months; bisphosphonate therapy prescribed Patient level: none
Notes	Justification for intervention type: not reported Intervention fidelity: not reported
Risk of bias
Bias	Authors' judgement	Support for judgement
Adequate sequence generation?	Unclear risk	From report: “The patients were randomly enrolled into two groups by means of sealed envelopes, which were divided equally into ‘control group’ and ‘study group’ designations”
Allocation concealment?	Unclear risk	Reported that envelopes were used but not reported if they were opaque and sequentially numbered
Blinding? All outcomes	Unclear risk	Not reported
Incomplete outcome data addressed? All outcomes	Low risk	4 from control (died); 4 from intervention (died) and 2 more lost to follow‐up considered to not have had BMD testing
Free of selective reporting?	Unclear risk	Insufficient information provided
Free of other bias?	High risk	No protection against contamination; patient directed intervention and outcomes self‐reported by patient.