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Table 2 Methodological quality of controlled trials according to the EPOC method

From: The effectiveness of interventions designed to increase the uptake of clinical practice guidelines and best practices among musculoskeletal professionals: a systematic review

Author (year)

Allocation concealment

Blinded assessment

Follow-up

Baseline measure

Reliable primary outcome

Protection against contamination

Summarya

Cleland (2009)

DONE

DONE

DONE

DONE

DONE

NC

Low

Evans (2010)

DONE

NC

DONE

DONE

NC

DONE

Moderate

Bussières (2010)

DONE

DONE

ND

DONE

NC

ND

Moderate

van Dulmen (2014)

DONE

NC

DONE

ND

ND

DONE

Moderate

Murray (2015)

DONE

DONE

NC

DONE

ND

DONE

Moderate

Peter (2013)

NC

DONE

DONE

DONE

NC

DONE

Moderate

Rebbeck (2006)

DONE

NC

NC

DONE

ND

DONE

Moderate

Peter (2015)

NC

NC

ND

NC

NC

DONE

High

Stevenson (2006)

NC

NC

NC

NC

NC

DONE

High

Bekkering (2005)

DONE

NC

NC

DONE

DONE

DONE

High

Chipchase (2016)

DONE

NC

NC

DONE

NC

NC

High

  1. aLow risk of bias if the first 3 criteria are judged to be DONE; moderate if 1 or 2 of the first 3 criteria are judged to be NOT CLEAR (NC) or NOT DONE (ND); and high if more than 2 of the first 3 criteria are judged to be NOT CLEAR or NOT DONE