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

Solomon 2007a.

Methods Type of targeted behaviour: increase in test ordering (BMD test) + prescribing
Study design: cluster RCT
Country: USA
Participants Setting: primary care
434 providers, 1973 patients
Condition: people with high likelihood of osteoporosis
Interventions 1. Professional intervention (distribution of educational materials + educational outreach + reminder) + patient mediated (education via automated telephone call)
2. Control group (not specified)
Outcomes Professional practice: proportion of patients who received BMD test within 10 months; osteoporosis medications prescribed
Patient level: fractures
Notes Justification for intervention type: educational outreach based on theory (“Principles of academic detailing”)
Intervention fidelity: in part. Reported on percentage of physicians who received outreach and percentage of patients who received telephone call
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Adequate sequence generation? Unclear risk Not reported
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