SMART: Self-Management of Anticoagulation, a Randomised Trial [ISRCTN19313375]

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Table 1

Study author	Country	Nature of study	Patient Numbers intervention/control	Results intervention v control
White et al [12]	USA	RCT	23/23	93% v 75% *
Sawicki [15]	Germany	RCT	90/89	53% v 34% **
Hasenkam et al [16]	Denmark	Matched	21/20	77% v 55% *
Ansell et al [17]	USA	Matched	20/20	89% v 68% *
Anderson et al [18]	Canada	Observational	40/self-control	74% ***
Barnado [19]	Germany	Observational	216/No control	83.1% ***
Massicotte et al [20]	Canada	Observational	23/No control	63% ***
Korfer and Kortke[21]	Germany	RCT	279/303	80% v 54% ***

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