CeaseFire is a multifaceted intervention involving several different components.
An ongoing study by Freund et al. will answer the question whether a complex, multifaceted intervention involving healthcare assistants as case managers reduces the likelihood of the (re- hospitalization of multimore- hospitalization.
We will include multifaceted interventions involving any of the eligible interventions and conduct a subgroup analysis by nature of interventions (single or multifaceted).
Systematic reviews showed that multifaceted interventions involving both physicians (active education through seminars and visits) and the public/patients (through written material and mass media) seem moderately more effective than single interventions, in decreasing unnecessary antibiotic use [ 53, 54].
In particular, multifaceted interventions involving both physicians (active education through seminars and visits) and the public (passive education through written material and mass media) seem moderately more effective than single interventions [ 51, 54].
A Cochrane review examined efficacy of specialist outreach services in primary care and rural hospital settings implemented as one element of complex multifaceted interventions involving collaboration with primary care, education or other health services [ 113].
In terms of potential solutions, a number of strategies have been suggested to encourage the use of clinical practice guidelines [ 5], including multifaceted interventions involving audit and feedback of treatment practices, reminders about appropriate use of guidelines, local consensus processes in adoption of guidelines, as well as interactive educational meetings.
Previous studies showed a number of strategies to encourage the use of clinical practice guidelines, including multifaceted interventions involving audit and feedback of treatment practices, reminders about appropriate use of guidelines, local consensus processes in adoption of guidelines, and interactive educational meetings [ 19].
The included studies utilized CCDSS for a variety of purposes, and were categorized in to three main categories, such as those focusing on screening/diagnosis, drug therapy management, and multifaceted interventions which involved various aspects of disease management along with self-management advice (Table 4).
Oncologists randomized to the intervention arm participate in a multifaceted tailored educational intervention involving standardized patients instructors (SPIs).
