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. 2010 Jan 20;2010(1):CD006094. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD006094.pub2

Majumdar 2008.

Methods Type of targeted behaviour: general management of a problem
Study design: RCT
Country: Canada
Participants Setting: primary care
266 providers, 272 patients
Condition: 50 years or older and distal forearm fracture (high likelihood of osteoporosis)
Interventions 1. Professional intervention (distribution of educational materials + reminder) + patient mediated (education and counselling via telephone)
2. Patient mediated (distribution of educational materials)
Outcomes Professional practice: proportion of patients who had received BMD test; prescription of osteoporosis medication; composite measure of quality of guideline‐concordant or “appropriate” care
Patient level: health status (SF‐12); osteoporosis‐related quality of life; wrist‐related functional outcomes; osteoporosis‐related knowledge; satisfaction with care
Cost: intervention cost per patient
Notes Justification for intervention type: not reported
Intervention fidelity: not reported
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Adequate sequence generation? Low risk  
Allocation concealment? Low risk From report: “Allocation was concealed by application of variable block sizes and by use of a secure, centralized, Internet‐based, computer‐generated randomization system”
Blinding? 
 All outcomes Low risk From report: “Research nurses collected outcomes data without knowledge of allocation status”
Incomplete outcome data addressed? 
 All outcomes Low risk All included patients accounted for
Free of selective reporting? Low risk All outcomes listed in Methods were reported.
Comment: Probably done.
Free of other bias? Low risk