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NCT Number: NCT01398696

Impact of Four Patient Information Leaflets (PIL) on Patient Behaviour

To assess the impact of four Patient Information Leaflets (PIL) on patient behaviour in primary care.

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Key information

Conditions

Gastroenteritis Digestive System Diseases Gastrointestinal Diseases Infections Otorhinolaryngologic Diseases Pharyngeal Diseases Pharyngitis Respiratory Tract Diseases Respiratory Tract Infections Stomatognathic Diseases

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Phase 4

Primary location

General practitioner office, Beaulieu-sur-Mer, France

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About this study

A patient who visited, for a gastroenteritis or a pharyngitis, one GP of the intervention group, received a Patient Information Leaflets (PIL) related to his disease and his age: either the gastroenteritis leaflet for adult or the one for child, either the pharyngitis leaflet for adult or the one for child.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Inclusion criteria

  • Adult patient.
  • Minor child accompanied by a responsible adult.
  • The patient or the caregiver must be reachable by telephone within ten to fifteen days following the consultation.

Exclusion criteria

  • Illiterate patient
  • Patient refusing follow-up call.
  • Patient with visual or hearing impairment.
  • Patient non-Francophone.
  • Private patient of liberty by judicial or administrative.
  • Person being a measure of legal protection.

Treatment and study plan

Patient Information Leaflets

Procedure

Patient Information Leaflets (PIL) about adult gastroenteritis, children gastroenteritis, adult pharyngitis or either children pharyngitis in consultation room

usual consultation

Procedure

No particular intervention during consultation for the Patient. No Information Leaflets (PIL) is given

Primary outcomes

  1. The primary outcome measure was the mean behaviour score

    Time frame: In ten to fifteen days after patient after the visit

    All patients were called, ten to fifteen days after the visit, to answer a questionnaire on their behaviour related to the disease since they visited the GP. It permitted to calculate a behaviour score. Better was the score, better was the patient's behaviour related to his disease.

Secondary outcomes

  1. the mean comprehension score

    Time frame: in ten to fifteen days after the visit

    All patients (or their parent) were called, ten to fifteen days after the visit, to answer a questionnaire on their comprehension related to the disease since they visited the GP. It permitted to calculate a comprehension score. Better was this score, better was the patient's comprehension.

  2. number of visit of patient's family for the same pathology

    Time frame: in ten to fifteen days after the visit

    we get the information by a phone call to the patient, in ten to fifteen days after the visit

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University Hospital, Grenoble

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Registry information

Official study title

Impact of Four Patient Information Leaflets (PIL) on Patient Behaviour : a Randomised Controlled Trial in Primary Care.

Acronym: PIL

Important dates

Study start
2009
Primary completion
2011
Study completion
2011
First posted
Jul 20, 2011
Registry last updated
Oct 12, 2011

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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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