The Ontario printed educational message (OPEM) trial to narrow the evidence-practice gap with respect to prescribing practices of general and family physicians: a cluster randomized controlled trial, targeting the care of individuals with diabetes and hypertension in Ontario, Canada

Table 1 Description of the intervention groups within each of the three replicates

REPLICATE 1: Assertive hypertension and cholesterol treatment in patients with Diabetes
		INSERT	No INSERT
OUTSERT		1. Insert & Outsert	2. Outsert only
NO OUTSERT		3. Insert Only	4. No PEM
*REPLICATE 2: Retinal Screening for Patients with Diabetes*
		Insert	No insert
OUTSERT	Patient Reminder Note	1. Insert & Outsert & Patient Reminder	2. Outsert & Patient Reminder Note
	No Patient Reminder Note	3. Insert & Outsert	4. Outsert only
NO OUTSERT		5. Insert Only	6. No PEM
*REPLICATE 3: Diuretics for first-line treatment of hypertension*
		Insert	No insert
OUTSERT	Theory-based Outsert	1. Insert & Theory-based Outsert	2. Theory-based Outsert Only
	Non-theory-based outsert	3. Insert & Non-theory-based Outsert	4. Non-theory-based Outsert only
NO OUTSERT		5. Insert Only	6. No PEM

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