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Table 2 Possible scenarios about the congruence between the results of the OPEM trial and the theory-based process evaluation

From: Looking inside the black box: a theory-based process evaluation alongside a randomised controlled trial of printed educational materials (the Ontario printed educational message, OPEM) to improve referral and prescribing practices in primary care in Ontario, Canada

  

Theory-based process evaluation result

  

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-

OPEM trial results

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A

B

 

-

C

D