Journal article
Printed educational messages aimed at family practitioners fail to increase retinal screening among their patients with diabetes: a pragmatic cluster randomized controlled trial [ISRCTN72772651]
Abstract
BackgroundEvidence of the effectiveness of printed educational messages in narrowing the gap between guideline recommendations and practice is contradictory. Failure to screen for retinopathy exposes primary care patients with diabetes to risk of eye complications. Screening is initiated by referral from family practitioners but adherence to guidelines is suboptimal. We aimed to evaluate the ability of printed educational messages aimed at …
Authors
Zwarenstein M; Shiller SK; Croxford R; Grimshaw JM; Kelsall D; Paterson JM; Laupacis A; Austin PC; Tu K; Yun L
Journal
Implementation Science, Vol. 9, No. 1,
Publisher
Springer Nature
Publication Date
December 2014
DOI
10.1186/1748-5908-9-87
ISSN
1748-5908