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

Robling 2002.

Methods Type of targeted behaviour: decrease in test ordering (lumbar and knee MRI)
Study design: cluster RCT
Country: UK
Participants Setting: primary care
30 practices, 182 MRI requests
Condition: people who potentially require MRI for knee or lumbar problems
Interventions 1. Professional intervention (distribution of educational materials + educational meetings, practice based)
2. Professional intervention (audit and feedback)
3. Professional intervention (1 + 2)
4. Control group: distribution of educational materials
Outcomes Professional practice: proportion of MRI requests that are in concordance with guideline (length of follow‐up not clear)
Patient level: none
Cost: intervention cost
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 From report: “Randomization...was performed using a random numbers table”
Allocation concealment? Unclear risk Not reported
Blinding? 
 All outcomes Unclear risk Not reported
Incomplete outcome data addressed? 
 All outcomes Unclear risk Not reported
Free of selective reporting? Unclear risk Insufficient information provided
Free of other bias? Unclear risk Not reported