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

Prihar 2008.

Methods Type of targeted behaviour: increase in test ordering (BMD test)
Study design: cluster RCT
Country: USA
Participants Setting: primary care
2 practices, 54 providers
Condition: women 65 years and older high likelihood of osteoporosis
Interventions 1. Patient mediated (educational materials) + professional intervention (distribution of educational materials: poster)
2. No intervention control group
Outcomes Professional practice: proportion of patients who underwent BMD testing within 2 months
Patient level: none
Notes Justification for intervention type: not reported
Intervention fidelity: not reported
Reported in letter to the editor and limited information available. Some additional information provided by first author
Potential unit of analysis error
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Adequate sequence generation? Low risk Coin tossing
Allocation concealment? Low risk Likely. Only two clinics were randomised
Blinding? 
 All outcomes High risk From author correspondence: “Outcome of BMD screening was a completed bone density test.”
Incomplete outcome data addressed? 
 All outcomes Unclear risk From author correspondence: “No, there were no women which could not be followed up unless some women went of our health system to get a bone density which we will not be able to know”
Free of selective reporting? Low risk From author correspondence: “No other outcomes were measured”
Free of other bias? Unclear risk Protection against contamination: not reported