Study design
PCP
The trial utilized a mixed methods approach using a pragmatic 2-arm cluster randomized controlled trial (RCT) on a binary composite endpoint. The trial was conducted in the primary care setting with the primary care physicians’ (PCP) practices as the unit of randomization and the individual patients as the unit of analysis. Details are published in the protocol paper [Trial oversight was provided by the BETTER WISE team. Ethics approvals were obtained prior to the commencement of the trial. The trial was approved by the University of Alberta’s Health Research Ethics Board, St. Michael’s Hospital Research Ethics Board, Oak Valley Health Research Ethics Board, and Newfoundland and Labrador Health Research Ethics Board.