Promoting research use in speech and language therapy: a cluster randomized controlled trial to compare the clinical effectiveness and costs of two training strategies

This is a critical abstract of an economic evaluation that meets the criteria for inclusion on NHS EED. Each abstract contains a brief summary of the methods, the results and conclusions followed by a detailed critical assessment on the reliability of the study and the conclusions drawn. Speech and language therapy (SLT) departments that received training on change management, in addition to teaching on critical appraisal, performed more activities relating to the use of research information. However, no changes in clinical practice within 6 months of the intervention were observed, thus the extra costs of the programme were not justified. The analysis showed that features of the department in which therapists work affected SLT practice.