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Table 3 KT intervention types and their components

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

Intervention type

 

Control group

Number of comparison

Studies

 

Single component interventions vs. no intervention

Interactive educational meetings

 

No intervention

1

(Peter et al. 2015)

Distribution of educational materials

 

No intervention

1

(Evans et al. 2010)

 

Single component interventions vs. another intervention

Interactive educational meetings

 

Conventional educational meeting

1

(Peter et al. 2013)

 

Multi-component interventions vs. no intervention

Educational meetings + local opinion leaders

 

No intervention

1

(Stevenson et al. 2006)

Educational meetings + reminders

 

No intervention

2

(Bussières et al. 2010; Murray et al. 2015)

Educational meetings + Educational outreach visit

 

No intervention

1

(Cleland et al. 2009)

 

Multi-component interventions vs. another intervention

Interactive educational meeting+ Educational outreach visits + Distribution of educational materials + Local opinion leaders

 

Distribution of educational materials

1

(Rebbeck et al. 2006)

Interactive educational meetings + Distribution of educational materials

 

Distribution of educational materials

1

(Bekkering et al. 2005)

Educational meeting + Reminder

 

Educational meeting

1

(Chipchase et al. 2016)

Educational meeting + distribution of educational materials + other (peer-assessment)

 

Educational meeting + distribution of educational materials

1

(van Dulmen et al. 2014)