scholarly journals Creating a synergy effect: A cluster randomized controlled trial testing the effect of a tailored multimedia intervention on patient outcomes

2018 ◽  
Vol 101 (8) ◽  
pp. 1419-1426 ◽  
Author(s):  
Annemiek J. Linn ◽  
Liset van Dijk ◽  
Julia C.M. van Weert ◽  
Beniam G. Gebeyehu ◽  
Ad. A. van Bodegraven ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Randomized Controlled Trial ◽  
Patient Outcomes ◽  
Controlled Trial ◽  
Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial ◽  
Synergy Effect ◽  
Randomized Controlled ◽  
Trial Testing ◽  
Cluster Randomized ◽  
Multimedia Intervention

scholarly journals Patient outcomes following GPs’ educations about COPD: a cluster randomized controlled trial

2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hanna Sandelowsky ◽  
Ingvar Krakau ◽  
Sonja Modin ◽  
Björn Ställberg ◽  
Sven-Erik Johansson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Randomized Controlled Trial ◽  
Patient Outcomes ◽  
Pulmonary Rehabilitation ◽  
Controlled Trial ◽  
Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial ◽  
Chronic Obstructive ◽  
Case Method ◽  
Randomized Controlled ◽  
Traditional Lectures ◽  
Cluster Randomized

Abstract This study aimed to compare patient outcomes following case method learning and traditional lectures as methods for continuing medical education (CME) about chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) for general practitioners (GPs) in Sweden. In a pragmatic cluster randomized controlled trial, COPD patients (n = 425; case method group n = 209, traditional lectures group n = 216) from 24 primary health care centers replied to questionnaires prior to and 18 months after a 2 × 2-h CME was given to GPs (n = 255). We measured changes in the scores of the Clinical COPD Questionnaire (CCQ), symptoms, needs for disease information, exacerbations, smoking, and use of pulmonary rehabilitation. The changes over time were similar for both CME methods. Patients who had used pulmonary rehabilitation increased from 13.2 to 17.8% (P = 0.04), and prevalence of smoking decreased from 28.9 to 25.1% (P = 0.003). In conclusion, neither of the used CME methods was superior than the other regarding patient outcomes. CME’s primary value may lay in improving GPs’ adherence to guidelines, which should lead to long-term positive changes in patient health.

scholarly journals Expression of Concern to: A protocol for a cluster-randomized controlled trial testing an empowerment intervention to prevent sexual assault in upper primary school adolescents in the informal settlements of Nairobi, Kenya

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Clea Sarnquist ◽  
Jennifer Lee Kang ◽  
Mary Amuyunzu-Nyamongo ◽  
Gabriel Oguda ◽  
Dorothy Otieno ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Randomized Controlled Trial ◽  
Sexual Assault ◽  
Primary School ◽  
Controlled Trial ◽  
Informal Settlements ◽  
Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial ◽  
Randomized Controlled ◽  
Trial Testing ◽  
Cluster Randomized

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