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Table 5 Effectiveness of KT tools on primary outcome categories

From: Knowledge translation tools for parents on child health topics: a scoping review

Study design

First author (year)

Single/Multiple component KT tool groups

(specific KT Tool)

Health category (topic)

Primary Outcome Categories

Patient’s knowledge

Patient’s experience

Health behaviour & health status

Cross-sectional

Dempsey (2006)

Single component (information sheet)

Public health (Vaccination)

–

no effect

–

 

Evans (2009)

Multi-component

(video + book)

Chronic (Inherited metabolic disorders)

–

–

unclear

Ranjit (2015)

Single component (book)

Public health (Healthy diet & physical activity)

no effect

mixed effects

no effect

Sustersic (2013)

Single component (pamphlet)

Acute (Gastroenteritis, tonsillitis)

–

–

mixed effects

Before-after

Skranes (2015)

Single component (website)

Public health (Minor child health conditions)

positive effect

no effect

–

Controlled before-after

Scheinman (2010)

Single component (video)

Public health (Infant feeding)

mixed effects

–

mixed effects

Taddio (2014)

Single component (pamphlet)

Acute (Procedural pain management)

no effect

–

–

Cohort

Nordfeldt (2002)

Multi-component

(2 videos +2 pamphlets)

Chronic (Type I diabetes)

–

unclear

unclear

Multi-component

(2 pamphlets)

RCT

Bailey (2015)

Single component (information sheet)

Acute (Surgical pain management)

positive effect

positive effect

mixed effects

Bauchner (2001)

Multi-component

(video + pamphlet)

Public health (Antibiotics use)

no effect

no effect

mixed effects

Christakis (2006)

Single component (tailored website)

Public health (Preventive care)

–

–

mixed effects

Jackson (2006)

Multi-component

(5 printed activity guides + series of tip sheets for parents + series of newsletters for children)

Public health (Smoking prevention)

–

–

positive effect

Multi-component (5 information sheets)

Nordfeldt (2003)

Multi-component

(2 videos +2 booklets)

Chronic (Type I diabetes)

–

–

mixed effect

(1 video +1 booklet)

Nordfeldt (2005)

Multi-component

(2 videos +2 booklets)

Chronic (Type I diabetes)

–

–

positive effect

Multi-component (1 video +1 booklet)

Reich (2010)

Multi-component

(6 books)

Public health (Minor child health conditions)

mixed effects

–

–

Tijam (2013)

Single component (cartoon book)

Chronic (Vision impairment)

–

–

mixed effects

Single component (pamphlet)

Wakimizu (2009)

Multi-component

(video + booklet)

Acute (Surgery)

mixed effects

mixed effects

–

Wilson (2006)

Multi-component (2 pamphlets)

Public health (Vaccination)

no effect

–

–

 

Multi-component (2 information sheets)