Printed educational messages fail to increase use of thiazides as first-line medication for hypertension in primary care: A cluster randomized controlled trial [ISRCTN72772651]

Implementation Science

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Zwarenstein, Merrick ^a,b   Grimshaw, Jeremy M ^c,d   Presseau, Justin ^c,e   Francis, Jill J ^f   Godin, Gaston ^g   Johnston, Marie ^h   Eccles, Martin P ⁱ   Tetroe, Jacqueline ^j   Shiller, Susan K ^b   Croxford, Ruth ^b   Kelsall, Diane ^k   Paterson, J Michael ^b,l   Austin, Peter C ^b,l   Tu, Karen ^b,m   Yun, Lingsong ^b   Hux, Janet E ^b,l,n  

^a WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^c OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^f CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^j Canadian Medical Association Journal ^*  (Canada)

^k CMAJ   (Canada)

^l UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^m UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

ⁿ Canadian Diabetes Association   (Canada)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; THIAZIDE DIURETIC AGENT;

AGED; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; ONTARIO; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROCEDURES; PUBLICATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; ONTARIO; PAMPHLETS; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS'; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SODIUM CHLORIDE SYMPORTER INHIBITORS;

EID: 84988028137     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17485908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13012-016-0486-3     Document Type: Article

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