Summary: guideline implementation strategies
| Intervention focus | Intervention type | Total number of reviews (Mean quality score) | Professional practice | Patient outcome | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | Effective (%) | Ineffective (%) | Unclear (%) | n | Effective (%) | Ineffective (%) | Unclear (%) | |||
| Persuasion | Marketing | 4 (6.8) | 4 | 3 (75) | 0 (0)) | 1 (25) | 2 | 2 (100) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| Mass media | 2 (7.5) | 2 | 2 (100) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 | 1 (100) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | |
| Local consensus processes | 2 (7.5) | 2 | 2 (100) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 | 1 (100) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | |
| Local opinion leaders | 5 (6.2) | 5 | 5 (100) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 2 | 2 (100) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | |
| Education and Information | Patient-mediated interventions | 3 (7.3) | 3 | 3 (100) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 | 1 (100) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| Distribution of educational materials | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | |
| Educational meetings | 8 (6.3) | 8 | 6 (75) | 0 (10) | 2 (25) | 5 | 4 (80) | 0 (0) | 1 (20) | |
| Educational outreach | 7 (6.7) | 7 | 6 (86) | 0 (0) | 1 (14) | 4 | 4 (100) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | |
| Action | Audit and feedback | 9 (6.3) | 9 | 7 (78) | 0 (0) | 2 (12) | 5 | 4 (80) | 0 (0) | 1 (20) |
| Reminders | 12 (6.7) | 12 | 9 (75) | 1 (8) | 2 (17) | 7 | 5 (71) | 1 (14) | 1 (14) | |
NA, not applicable.