Participants
chronic disease
CHRONIC DISEASE
The setting was primary care practices in the Canadian provinces of Alberta, Ontario, and Newfoundland and Labrador. We aimed to recruit 16 primary care practices with 4 PCPs per practice for a total of 64 PCPs (32 in Alberta, 16 in Ontario, 16 in Newfoundland & Labrador). A two-arm cluster RCT design was used and participating PCPs were randomized to have their patients in the intervention group or wait-list control group as detailed in the BETTER WISE protocol [We targeted patients in the 40 to 65 age group since most chronic disease prevention and screening activities are applicable to this group [