Ontario Printed Educational Materials (PEMs) for Physician Behaviour Change
OPEMS
The Ontario Printed Educational Message (OPEM) Trial to Narrow the Evidence-practice Gap With Respect to Prescribing Practices of General and Family Physicians: a Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial
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interventional
5,000
0 countries
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Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to determine whether printed educational materials can change physician behaviour towards more evidence based decision-making.
Trial Health
Trial Health Score
Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach
participants targeted
Target at P75+ for not_applicable
Started Jul 2005
Longer than P75 for not_applicable
Health score is calculated from publicly available data and should be used for screening purposes only.
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
Study Start
First participant enrolled
July 1, 2005
CompletedFirst Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
September 13, 2005
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
September 21, 2005
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
July 1, 2015
CompletedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
July 1, 2016
CompletedMarch 26, 2015
March 1, 2015
10 years
September 13, 2005
March 25, 2015
Conditions
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (1)
Change in Behavioral intention related to referring patient for retinopathy screening
Two months and six months post intervention
Secondary Outcomes (3)
Change in Attitude (Theory of Planned Behaviour)
Two months and six months post intervention
Change in Subjective Norm (Theory of Planned Behaviour)
Two months and six months post intervention
Change in Perceived Behavourial Control (Theory of Planned Behaviour)
Two months and six months
Study Arms (4)
Control
NO INTERVENTIONUsual practice; no additional information provided.
Printed Educational Message #1
EXPERIMENTALInformation about Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors, hypertension treatment, and cholesterol lowering agents for diabetes
Printed Educational Message #2
EXPERIMENTALRetinal screening for diabetes
Printed Educational Message #3
EXPERIMENTALDiuretics for hypertension
Interventions
Three forms of printed educational materials (short or long educational messages and patient reminder notes)
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- Family physicians or general practitioners in Ontario with \>100 patients over 65 years of age in fee for service practice with \>$50,000 billings to Ontario Health Insurance Plan (OHIP) in 2003
You may not qualify if:
- Physicians who have elected not to receive "informed". "informed" is a quarterly newsletter on evidence based practice produced by the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES) and is the vehicle for delivery of the printed educational messages.
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
MeSH Terms
Conditions
Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Study Officials
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Merrick F. Zwarenstein, MB, BCh, MSc
Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- not applicable
- Allocation
- RANDOMIZED
- Masking
- NONE
- Purpose
- HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH
- Intervention Model
- FACTORIAL
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER
- Responsible Party
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
- PI Title
- Senior Scientist
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
September 13, 2005
First Posted
September 21, 2005
Study Start
July 1, 2005
Primary Completion
July 1, 2015
Study Completion
July 1, 2016
Last Updated
March 26, 2015
Record last verified: 2015-03