Data relating to study design, sampling and characteristics of the study group, interventions, and reported outcomes and diagnostic value of visual screening or adjunctive diagnostic aids were abstracted from 36 articles meeting inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Data included personal information, methodology, details on interventions, and reported outcomes.
Most studies used active or a mix of active and passive interventions, and reported that active interventions were more effective.
Where the original directions did not constitute a prescribing error, we termed these 'EPSR2-specific interventions' and reported these separately.
Students expressed positive attitudes towards the interventions and reported gaining confidence in managing medical errors [ 29, 30].
We considered cases where the same intervention was applied to different populations or was compared with different interventions as different specific interventions and reported the ICERs separately.
To raise international awareness of kala-azar in Southern Sudan, we reviewed the available data and interventions and report the current status and plans for control of kala-azar.
We included a wider range of interventions and reported effects on chronic diseases such as asthma and ADHD that are more common in children.
As complex interventions gain momentum in healthcare, guidelines for developing interventions and reporting on the design process will need to evolve, consistent with current debates of how complex interventions should be conceptualized and evaluated (23, 98, 107).
The attrition rate of 52% was also somewhat higher than the up to 42% reported in recent meta-analyses for RCTs examining pediatric obesity interventions and reporting dropout rates [ 10].
