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Table 5 Key characteristics of reports with three CQI elements compared to other reports

From: A systematic review of approaches to improve practice, detection and treatment of unhealthy alcohol use in primary health care: a role for continuous quality improvement

Characteristic

Number of reports

Reports with 3 CQI elements (%), n = 12

Other reports (%), n = 44

All reports (%), n = 56

Multifaceted

12 (100)

30 (68.2)

42 (75.0)

Randomized

3 (30.0)

21 (45.7)

24 (42.9)

Alcohol-specific

5 (41.7)

30 (68.1)

35 (62.5)

Studied patient outcome

1 (8.3)

4 (9.1)

5 (8.9)

Included patient as target level

0 (0.0)

4 (9.1)

4 (7.1)

Health-system + practice + clinician as target level

4 (33.3)

5 (11.4)

9 (16.1)

Implementation duration (weeks)a:

(n = 11)

(n = 39)

(n = 50)

 Median

52.0

21.7

28.2

 Interquartile range

39

35.7

40

Implementation to end of data collection (weeks)a,b

(n = 11)

(n = 42)

(n = 53)

 Median

104.0

38.3

52.0

 Interquartile range

65

64.3

84

  1. aSome data were missing due to lack of detail in reports
  2. bthis duration was defined as beginning of implementation until the last data collection event