Table 5 RCTs evaluating the effects of CQI compared to non-CQI interventions on other outcome measures
Subgroup | Number of studies | Number (%) of RCTs reporting a statistically significant difference on different proportions of other outcomes | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All outcomes | Over half of outcomes | Half of outcomes | Under half of outcomes | No outcomes | One or more outcomes | ||
All studies | 3 | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 3 (100.0%) | 0 (0%) |
Clinical background | |||||||
Primary Care | 1 | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (100.0%) | 0 (0%) |
Secondary Care | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Tertiary Care | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Social Care | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other | 2 | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 2 (100.0%) | 0 (0%) |
Primary quality improvement model | |||||||
Plan-Do-Study-Act | 2 | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 2 (100.0%) | 0 (0%) |
Model for Improvement | 1 | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (100.0%) | 0 (0%) |
Root cause analysis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Training type | |||||||
Web-based | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
In person | 3 | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 3 (100.0%) | 0 (0%) |
In person plus | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Not described | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Training duration | |||||||
1–3 hours | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
4–8 hours | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
9–16 hours | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
>16 hours | 1 | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (100.0%) | 0 (0%) |
Not described | 2 | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 2 (100.0%) | 0 (0%) |
Meetings | |||||||
Participant leader, implementation discussed | 2 | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 2 (100.0%) | 0 (0%) |
Participant leader, unclear implementation discussed | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Not described | 1 | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (100.0%) | 0 (0%) |
Meeting schedule | |||||||
Once a week or more | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fortnightly | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Monthly | 2 | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 2 (100.0%) | 0 (0%) |
Quarterly or less frequent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Not described | 1 | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (100.0%) | 0 (0%) |
Range of year of publication | |||||||
2010–2020 | 2 | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 2 (100.0%) | 0 (0%) |
2000–2009 | 1 | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (100.0%) | 0 (0%) |
1990–1999 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |