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Clinical practices of all staff were assessed in 4508 pregnancies.\n                  <\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>\n                    <jats:bold>Intervention<\/jats:bold>\n                    Single informal educational visit by a respected obstetrician including discussion of evidence based obstetrics, guidance on implementation, and donation of Cochrane database and other materials.\n                  <\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>\n                    <jats:bold>Main outcome measures<\/jats:bold>\n                    Rates of perineal suturing with polyglycolic acid, ventouse delivery, prophylactic antibiotics in caesarean section, and steroids in preterm delivery, before and 9 months after visits, and concordance of guidelines with review evidence for same marker practices before and after visits.\n                  <\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>\n                    <jats:bold>Results<\/jats:bold>\n                    Rates varied greatly, but the overall baseline mean of 43% (986\/2312) increased to 54% (1189\/2196) 9 months later. Rates of ventouse delivery increased significantly in intervention units but not in control units; there was no difference between the two types of units in uptake of other practices. Pooling rates from all 25 units, use of antibiotics in caesarean section and use of polyglycolic acid sutures increased significantly over the period, but use of steroids in preterm delivery was unchanged. Labour ward guidelines seldom agreed with evidence at baseline; this hardly improved after visits. Educational visits cost 860$ each (at 1995 prices).\n                  <\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>\n                    <jats:bold>Conclusions<\/jats:bold>\n                    There was considerable uptake of evidence into practice in both control and intervention units between 1994 and 1995. Our educational visits added little to this, despite the informal setting, targeting of senior staff from two disciplines, and donation of educational materials. Further work is needed to define cost effective methods to enhance the uptake of evidence from systematic reviews and to clarify leadership and roles of senior obstetric staff in implementing the evidence.\n                  <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1136\/bmj.317.7165.1041","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2011,10,31]],"date-time":"2011-10-31T17:44:02Z","timestamp":1320083042000},"page":"1041-1046","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":75,"title":["Randomised trial of educational visits to enhance use of systematic reviews in 25 obstetric units"],"prefix":"10.1136","volume":"317","author":[{"given":"Jeremy C","family":"Wyatt","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Sarah","family":"Paterson-Brown","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Richard","family":"Johanson","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Douglas G","family":"Altman","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Michael J","family":"Bradburn","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Nicholas M","family":"Fisk","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"239","published-online":{"date-parts":[[1998,10,17]]},"reference":[{"key":"2025122308374645000_317.7165.1041.1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"314","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1749-6632.1993.tb26369.x","article-title":"Large-scale randomised evidence: large, simple trials and overviews of trials.","volume":"703","author":"Peto","year":"1993","journal-title":"Annals NY Acad Sci"},{"key":"2025122308374645000_317.7165.1041.2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1136\/bmj.312.7023.71"},{"key":"2025122308374645000_317.7165.1041.3","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1001\/jama.1992.03490020088036"},{"key":"2025122308374645000_317.7165.1041.4","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1001\/jama.1989.03430190105040"},{"key":"2025122308374645000_317.7165.1041.5","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1045","DOI":"10.1136\/bmj.307.6911.1045","article-title":"Survey of use of anticoagulation in patients with atrial fibrillation.","volume":"307","author":"Bath","year":"1993","journal-title":"BMJ"},{"key":"2025122308374645000_317.7165.1041.6","unstructured":"House of Commons Health Committee Maternity services London: HMSO 1992."},{"key":"2025122308374645000_317.7165.1041.7","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"697","DOI":"10.1136\/bmj.307.6906.697","article-title":"Rituals in antenatal care: do we need them?","volume":"307","author":"Steer","year":"1993","journal-title":"BMJ"},{"key":"2025122308374645000_317.7165.1041.8","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1280","DOI":"10.1136\/bmj.305.6864.1280","article-title":"Maintaining excellence: the preservation and development of specialised services.","volume":"305","author":"Donaldson","year":"1992","journal-title":"BMJ"},{"key":"2025122308374645000_317.7165.1041.9","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"531","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1471-0528.1991.tb10365.x","article-title":"How obstetricians manage the problem of preterm delivery with special reference to preterm breech.","volume":"98","author":"Penn","year":"1991","journal-title":"Br J Obs Gynaecol"},{"key":"2025122308374645000_317.7165.1041.10","unstructured":"In: Enkin MW Keirse MJNC Renfrew MJ Neilson JP , eds. 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