Summary: effectiveness of multifaceted interventions
| 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 (8) | 4 | 2 (50) | 0 (0) | 2 (50) | 2 | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 2 (100) |
| Mass media | 2 (9) | 2 | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 2 (100) | 2 | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 2 (100) | |
| Local consensus processes | 2 (7.5) | 2 | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 2 (100) | 1 | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (100) | |
| Local opinion leaders | 4 (7) | 4 | 2 (50) | 1 (25) | 1 (25) | 2 | 0 (0) | 1 (50) | 1 (50) | |
| Education | Patient-mediated interventions | 4 (8.3) | 4 | 3 (75) | 0 (0) | 1 (33) | 2 | 1 (50) | 0 (0) | 1 (50) |
| Distribution of educational materials | 15 (8.3) | 15 | 11 (73) | 1 (7) | 3 (20) | 11 | 5 (45) | 2 (18) | 4 (36) | |
| Educational meetings | 16 (7.8) | 16 | 11 (69) | 0 (0) | 5 (31) | 8 | 2 (25) | 1 (13) | 5 (63) | |
| Educational outreach | 12 (7.6) | 12 | 8 (67) | 1 (8) | 3 (25) | 7 | 1 (14) | 2 (29) | 4 (57) | |
| Action | Audit and feedback | 15 (8) | 15 | 12 (80) | 0 (0) | 3 (20) | 6 | 2 (33) | 1 (17) | 3 (50) |
| Reminders | 15 (7.1) | 15 | 11 (73)) | 1 (7) | 3 (20) | 7 | 1 (14) | 2 (29) | 4 (57) | |