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NCT Number: NCT00989482

Improving Antibiotic Prescribing Practices in Mexican Primary Care Clinics

The purpose of this study is to improve antibiotic prescribing practices of Mexican primary care physicians for patients seeking care for acute respiratory tract infections (ARIs). The investigators will employ a combination of qualitative and quantitative methods to develop and evaluate a patient education and physician decision-support intervention.

Hypothesis 1: The investigators will identify barriers and facilitators of appropriate antibiotic use for ARIs that can be addressed through patient education and physician decision-support.

Hypothesis 2: The proportion of patients who report desire for antibiotics as a "very important" reason for seeking care will decrease from 50% to 30% following exposure to the educational intervention; and 90% (95% confidence interval: 80% to 100%) of patients will report that they trust the information provided by the computer.

Hypothesis 3: Antibiotic prescribing for adults with uncomplicated acute bronchitis will decrease from 80 percent to 40 percent following the introduction of a real-time clinical decision support tool.

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Key information

Conditions

Acute Respiratory Tract Infections

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

IMSS Family Practice Clinic #1

Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Inclusion criteria

  • adults age 18 years or greater

Exclusion criteria

  • mental disability; severe illness

Treatment and study plan

Computer kiosk Education

Behavioral

computerized patient education; guidelines for physicians

Primary outcomes

  1. antibiotic prescription rate

    Time frame: 4 months

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University of California, San Francisco

Other

Registry information

Important dates

Study start
2010
Primary completion
2010
Study completion
2010
First posted
Oct 5, 2009
Registry last updated
May 16, 2011

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