An Intervention to Reduce Inappropriate Prescriptions of Antibiotics for Respiratory Infections in General Practice

This study will explore the possible effect of a tailored educational intervention towards general practitioners, in order to improve antibiotic prescriptions for respiratory infections.

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Key information

Conditions

Respiratory Tract Infections Anti-bacterial Agents Infections Respiratory Tract Diseases

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Phase 1 / Phase 2

Primary location

University of Oslo

Oslo, Norway

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

General practitioner
Specialist in general practice

Treatment and study plan

Educational intervention

Behavioral

Educational outreach visits to the CME-groups, work-shops, audit and feedback

Educational intervention program

Behavioral

The 433 recruited GPs had a total of 1336 717 office consultations of which 171 679 (12.8%) were RTIs encounters for 118 621 different patients. The GPs participated in peer continuing medical education (CME) groups in southern Norway. A multifaceted intervention was tailored, where key components were educational outreach visits to the CME-groups, work-shops, audit and feedback. Prescription Peer Academic Detailers conducted the educational outreach visits. During these visits, evidence-based recommendations of antibiotic prescriptions for RTIs were presented and software handed out for installation in participants PCs, enabling collection of prescription data. These data was linked to corresponding data from the Norwegian Prescription Database (NorPD). Main outcomes are baseline proportion of inappropriate antibiotic prescriptions for RTIs and change in prescription patterns compared to baseline one year after the initiation of the tailored pedagogic intervention.

Primary outcomes

Change in antibiotic prescription patterns for respiratory infections

Time frame: 1 year

From the 1.336.717 office consultations, main outcomes data (baseline proportion of inappropriate antibiotic prescriptions for RTIs and change in prescription patterns compared to baseline) was measured 1 year after the initiation of the tailored pedagogic intervention.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University of Oslo

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Can Antibiotic Prescriptions in Respiratory Tract Infections be Improved? A Cluster Randomized Educational Intervention in General Practice

Important dates

Study start: 2006
Primary completion: 2007
Study completion: 2007
First posted: Jan 4, 2006
Registry last updated: Apr 27, 2010

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This listing is for discovery and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice, does not guarantee that a study is recruiting, and does not determine eligibility. Contact the study team and a qualified healthcare professional when considering participation.

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