Increasing the quantity and quality of searching for current best evidence to answer clinical questions: protocol and intervention design of the MacPLUS FS Factorial Randomized Controlled Trials

Table 2 Factorial randomization scheme of the three interventions

Interventions*
A	B	C	Random group allocation
Clinical Question Recorder	Evidence Retrieval Coach	Audit, Feedback & Gamification	Random group allocation
1	1	1	Group 1
1	1	0	Group 2
1	0	1	Group 3
1	0	0	Group 4
0	1	1	Group 5
0	1	0	Group 6
0	0	1	Group 7
0	0	0	Group 8

*For each intervention, half of the sample is randomized to receiving the intervention [1] and the other half to not receiving it [0]. All factorial combinations of the intervention result in eight allocation groups (2³ = 8).

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