Criteria of exclusion and inclusion were employed with reference to the Participants, Interventions, Comparisons, Outcomes and Study design (PICOS) framework.
With reference to the policy interventions presented in Table 1, for instance, the building of a medical school in a rural area requires a large amount of capital resources, notably buildings and equipments.
This trial has been designed according to the CONsolidated Standards Of Reporting Trials CONSORTT) statement, 12 and is reported according to the Standard Protocol Items: Recommendations for Interventional Trials (SPIRIT) statement 13 and with reference to the Template for Intervention Description and Replication (TIDieR) checklist.
Informed decision making should be based on a wide range of information, which should enable the decision maker to understand the problem under investigation and to choose among several alternatives of action which is the most suitable with reference to the aim of the intervention and the context in which it takes place.
To collect demographic (gender, age) data and information on the relative rate of GP attendance, referral for investigation (DXA scan) or treatment (with reference to the NICE/NOGG guidance), between the intervention and control group.
Finally, this theoretical framework was applied with reference to the evidence of effective educational interventions and recognised barriers to integrating research into practice for physical therapists and health care professionals in general.
Eligible patients from the study with reference to the definition of control population and intervention population will be used for statistical comparison.
With reference to the local RCT on smoking cessation intervention for cardiac patients [ 22], we assume a 15%% attrition rate at the 6-month, and 274 patients will be required in each group to achieve a significant outcome.
Recently, theory-based tools for assisting implementers in planning and 'thinking through' particular interventions with reference to the social and organisational contexts in which they are to be implemented have been offered [ 35, 36].
Research that empowers communities to access, understand and use health research informed interventions, as earlier discussed with reference to the malaria control example, and to take ownership of health promotion efforts [ 30] is another key area of health research impact.
