Rational prescribing in primary care (RaPP): a cluster randomized trial of a tailored intervention.

ABSTRACT:

Background

A gap exists between evidence and practice regarding the management of cardiovascular risk factors. This gap could be narrowed if systematically developed clinical practice guidelines were effectively implemented in clinical practice. We evaluated the effects of a tailored intervention to support the implementation of systematically developed guidelines for the use of antihypertensive and cholesterol-lowering drugs for the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease.

Methods and findings

We conducted a cluster-randomized trial comparing a tailored intervention to passive dissemination of guidelines in 146 general practices in two geographical areas in Norway. Each practice was randomized to either the tailored intervention (70 practices; 257 physicians) or contro

SUBMITTER: Fretheim A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1472695 | biostudies-literature | 2006 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature