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

Oakeshott 1994.

Methods Type of targeted behaviour: decrease in test ordering (x‐rays, various)
Study design: cluster RCT
Country: UK
Participants Setting: primary care
62 practices. Analysis was of 2578 x‐ray examinations
Condition: not specified as data collected only at test level, related to x‐rays of chest, limbs and joints, and spine
Interventions 1. Professional intervention (distribution of educational materials)
2. Control (not specified)
Outcomes Professional practice: number of radiology requests within 9 weeks; percentage of radiology requests that conform to guidelines
Patient: 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: “Practices were stratified by number of partners and number of radiographic examinations requested, and randomized into two groups.”
Allocation concealment? Unclear risk Not reported
Blinding? 
 All outcomes Low risk Blinding for conformity with guidelines. No blinding for other outcomes, but not likely to be influenced by lack of blinding
Incomplete outcome data addressed? 
 All outcomes Low risk No missing outcome data
Free of selective reporting? Unclear risk Insufficient information provided
Free of other bias? Low risk