Lim, Wei Yin http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2612-0604
HSS, Amar Singh
Ng, Li Meng
John Jasudass, Selva Rani
Sararaks, Sondi
Vengadasalam, Paranthaman
Hashim, Lina
Praim Singh, Ranjit Kaur
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Institutes of Health ((100)KKM/NIHSEC/800-3/2/1)
Article History
Received: 25 October 2016
Accepted: 26 June 2018
First Online: 19 July 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The study had waiver of informed consent from the Medical Research & Ethics Committee (MREC), Ministry of Health Malaysia ((2) dlm.KKM/NIHSEC/08/0804/P12–186) as data in the study were routinely collected prescription data and identifying information was not disclosed. This cluster randomised trial was not registered with the International Clinical Trials Registry as the purpose of this trial was to examine the effect of the intervention only on the prescribers (healthcare providers) and not patients, in compliance with the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) guidelines on clinical trial registration. The trial is registered with the National Medical Research Registry (NMRR-12-108-11,289), Ministry of Health Malaysia as per guidelines of the MREC.
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