Towards evidence-based public health

ISRCTN	ISRCTN23257060
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN23257060
Secondary identifying numbers	N/A

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Protocol

Statistical analysis plan

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Plain English summary of protocol

Not provided at time of registration

Dr Arild Bjørndal
Scientific

Norwegian Directorate for Health and Social Affairs
PO Box 8054 Dep
Oslo
0031
Norway

Phone	+47 24 16 30 00
Email	arild.bjorndal@shdir.no

Study design	Randomised controlled trial
Primary study design	Interventional
Secondary study design	Randomised controlled trial
Study setting(s)	GP practice
Study type	Diagnostic
Scientific title
Study objectives	The aim of this study was to evaluate whether a tailored theory-based and multifaceted intervention targeted at the whole process of evidence-based practice increased the explicit integration of research in public health physicians' decision-making.
Ethics approval(s)	Not provided at time of registration
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied	Lack of knowledge about, use of and physical access to, relevant information sources
Intervention	A tailored, multifaceted intervention: workshop on evidence-based medicine, access to several databases, a tailored website, a discussion list, help desk, and an information service that searched for research literature and if possible, made reports based on this literature, on request.
Intervention type	Other
Primary outcome measure	Behaviour, measured by analysing the contents of local health service reports and of a hypothetical assignment, by a postal survey, a telephone survey and a questionnaire.
Secondary outcome measures	1. Attitudes 2. Knowledge of evidence-based practice information sources and concepts 3. Task-related self-efficacy 4. Decision-to-adopt 5. Job-satisfaction
Overall study start date	01/04/1999
Completion date	31/01/2001

Participant type(s)	Patient
Age group	Adult
Sex	Both
Target number of participants	148
Key inclusion criteria	1. Public health physicians 2. Working in municipalities in Norway with more than 3000 inhabitants
Key exclusion criteria	Does not comply with the above inclusion criteria
Date of first enrolment	01/04/1999
Date of final enrolment	31/01/2001

Norwegian Directorate for Health and Social Affairs

Oslo
0031
Norway

Norwegian Research Council (Norway)
Research council

PO Box 2700
St. Hanshaugen
Oslo
0131
Norway

Research council

Norwegian Research Council (Norway)

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Individual participant data (IPD) Intention to share	No
IPD sharing plan summary	Not provided at time of registration
Publication and dissemination plan	Not provided at time of registration
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Output type	Details	Date created	Date added	Peer reviewed?	Patient-facing?
Results article	Results	13/03/2003		Yes	No