Subgroup | Number of studies | Number (%) of RCTs reporting a statistically significant difference on different proportions of patient outcomes | |||||
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All outcomes | Over half of outcomes | Half of outcomes | Under half of outcomes | No outcomes | One or more outcomes | ||
All studies | 17 | 0 (0%) | 2 (11.8%) | 1 (5.9%) | 3 (17.6%) | 11 (64.7%) | 6 (35.3%) |
Clinical background | |||||||
Primary Care | 6 | 0 (0%) | 1 (16.7%) | 1 (16.7%) | 0 (0%) | 4 (66.7%) | 2 (33.3%) |
Secondary Care | 7 | 0 (0%) | 1 (14.3%) | 0 (0%) | 2 (28.6%) | 4 (57.1%) | 3 (42.9%) |
Tertiary Care | 1 | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (100.0%) | 0 (0%) |
Social Care | 2 | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (50.0%) | 1 (50.0%) | 1 (50.0%) |
Other | 1 | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (100.0%) | 0 (0%) |
Primary quality improvement model | |||||||
Plan-Do-Study-Act | 9 | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (11.1%) | 2 (22.2%) | 6 (66.7%) | 3 (33.3%) |
Model for Improvement | 5 | 0 (0%) | 2 (40.0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 3 (60.0%) | 2 (40.0%) |
Root cause analysis | 1 | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (100.0%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (100.0%) |
Other | 2 | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 2 (100.0%) | 0 (0%) |
Training type | |||||||
Web-based | 1 | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (100.0%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (100.0%) |
In person | 7 | 0 (0%) | 2 (28.6%) | 1 (14.3%) | 1 (14.3%) | 3 (42.9%) | 4 (57.1%) |
In person plus | 5 | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (20.0%) | 4 (80.0%) | 1 (20.0%) |
Not described | 4 | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 4 (100.0%) | 0 (0%) |
Training duration | |||||||
1–3 hours | 3 | 0 (0%) | 1 (33.3%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 2 (66.7%) | 1 (33.3%) |
4–8 hours | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
9–16 hours | 1 | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (100.0%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (100.0%) |
>16 hours | 1 | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (100%) | 0 (0%) |
Not described | 12 | 0 (0%) | 1 (8.3%) | 1 (8.3%) | 2 (16.7%) | 8 (66.7%) | 4 (33.3%) |
Meetings | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Participant leader, implementation discussed | 10 | 0 (0%) | 1 (10.0%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (10.0%) | 8 (80.0%) | 2 (20.0%) |
Participant leader, unclear implementation discussed | 4 | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (25.0%) | 3 (75.0%) | 1 (25.0%) |
Not described | 3 | 1 (33.3%) | 1 (33.3%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (33.3%) | 0 (0%) | 3 (100.0%) |
Meeting schedule | |||||||
Once a week or more | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fortnightly | 1 | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (100.0%) | 0 (0%) |
Monthly | 7 | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 2 (28.6%) | 5 (71.4%) | 2 (28.6%) |
Quarterly or less frequent | 2 | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 2 (100.0%) | 0 (0%) |
Not described | 7 | 0 (0%) | 2 (28.6%) | 1 (14.3%) | 1 (14.3%) | 3 (42.9%) | 4 (57.1%) |
Range of year of publication | |||||||
2010–2020 | 11 | 0 (0%) | 1 (9.1%) | 0 (0%) | 2 (18.2%) | 8 (72.7%) | 3 (27.3%) |
2000–2009 | 5 | 0 (0%) | 1 (20.0%) | 1 (20.0%) | 1 (20.0%) | 2 (40.0%) | 3 (60.0%) |
1990–1999 | 1 | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (100.0%) | 0 (0%) |