Cluster randomised trial of a tailored intervention to improve the management of overweight and obesity in primary care in England.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Tailoring is a frequent component of approaches for implementing clinical practice guidelines, although evidence on how to maximise the effectiveness of tailoring is limited. In England, overweight and obesity are common, and national guidelines have been produced by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence. However, the guidelines are not routinely followed in primary care.

Methods

A tailored implementation intervention was developed following an analysis of the determinants of practice influencing the implementation of the guidelines on obesity and the selection of strategies to address the determinants. General practices in the East Midlands of England were invited to take part in a cluster randomised controlled trial of the intervention. The prima

SUBMITTER: Goodfellow J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4884420 | biostudies-literature | 2016 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature