Randomised controlled trials in primary care: case study.

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

Who cites it

40 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

1. Effect of drug reminder packaging on medication adherence: a systematic review revealing research gaps.Systematic reviews · 2014
   Pooled it
2. Effectiveness of hypnotherapy for paediatric abdominal pain in primary care: a randomised controlled trial.The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners · 2026
   Trial
3. Children with disorders of gut-brain interaction in primary care versus hospital care: A comparison of characteristics.Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition · 2025
   Trial
4. Model of integrated mental health video consultations for people with depression or anxiety in primary care (PROVIDE-C): assessor masked, multicentre, randomised controlled trial.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2024
   Trial
5. Impact of a deferred recruitment model in a randomised controlled trial in primary care (CREAM study).Trials · 2017
   Trial
6. A cluster randomised controlled trial evaluating the effectiveness of eHealth-supported patient recruitment in primary care research: the TRANSFoRm study protocol.Implementation science : IS · 2015
   Trial
7. Implementation salvage experiences from the Melbourne diabetes prevention study.BMC public health · 2012
   Trial
8. Effectiveness of the diabetes education and self management for ongoing and newly diagnosed (DESMOND) programme for people with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes: cluster randomised controlled trial.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2008
   Trial
9. Disease management programme for secondary prevention of coronary heart disease and heart failure in primary care: a cluster randomised controlled trial.Heart (British Cardiac Society) · 2007
   Trial
10. Improving response rates using a monetary incentive for patient completion of questionnaires: an observational study.BMC medical research methodology · 2007
    Trial
11. Limited impact on endoscopy demand from a primary care based 'test and treat' dyspepsia management strategy: the results of a randomised controlled trial.The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners · 2006
    Trial
12. Community pharmacy based provision of pharmaceutical care to older patients.Pharmacy world & science : PWS · 2003
    Trial
13. Cluster randomised controlled trial to compare three methods of promoting secondary prevention of coronary heart disease in primary care.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2001
    Trial
14. Randomised controlled trial of Helicobacter pylori testing and endoscopy for dyspepsia in primary care.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2001
    Trial
15. Using media to enhance paediatric patient recruitment for research in primary care.Primary health care research & development · 2025
    Article
16. Multicentre oncology clinical trials in primary health care in Cuba: evaluation of programme implementation in Villa Clara Province, 2010-2020.BJGP open · 2022
    Article
17. Recommendations for clinical research in children presenting to primary care out-of-hours services: a randomised controlled trial with parallel cohort study.BJGP open · 2021
    Article
18. The feasibility and acceptability of an early intervention in primary care to prevent chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) in adults: randomised controlled trial.Pilot and feasibility studies · 2020
    Article
19. Is an opportunistic primary care-based intervention for non-responders to bowel screening feasible and acceptable? A mixed-methods feasibility study in Scotland.BMJ open · 2017
    Article
20. Magnitude and characteristics of clinical trials in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: A cross-sectional analysis.Contemporary clinical trials communications · 2017
    Review

Corrections and comments

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  The research needs of primary care.2000

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

Abstract

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