A multifaceted intervention to facilitate health professional's use of evidence based medicine: an evaluator-blinded randomised controlled trial.

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: cerebral palsy; Neurological - Other neurological disorders; Public Health - Health service research

• Registration Number: ACTRN12611000529943
• Lead Sponsor: anie Campbell (PhD student)

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Completion: 2009-09-25
• Study Start: 2011-05-23
• Last Update Posted: 14 June 2021

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 135

Inclusion Criteria

1. Qualified allied health professional
2. Currently employed by the Cerebral Palsy Alliance
3. Role providing direct client services to people with Cerebral Palsy
4. Informed consent

Exclusion Criteria

1. Health professional without university qualifications
2. Qualified health professional who is not regularly providing direct client services (eg. manager)

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Self and peer reported change in evidence-based medicine (EBM) implementation behaviour. A panel of experts familiar with the EBM skills of study participants developed a 25-question evaluation form using the Goal Attainment Scaling (GAS)(Kiresuk & Sherman, 1968). GAS is a psychometrically sound outcome measurement tool, designed to evaluate whether pre-established goals have been attained. Raw goal scores were converted to t-scores, enabling inferential statistical analysis of continuous data.[8 weeks after baseline]

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Self and peer reported EBM attitudes - measured by Evidence-Based Practice Attitude Scale (subsets 3 and 4) (Aarons 2004).[8 weeks after baseline];EBM knowledge - measured by open-ended questions with pre-defined answers.[8 weeks after baseline]