Antimicrobial resistance in community

Active, not recruiting

• Conditions: The target population is Community health professionals like Medical doctors and pharmacists.

• Registration Number: CTRI/2020/05/025478
• Lead Sponsor: Ninu P Mathew

Brief Summary

This study will be a cross sectional studyconducted in Udupi District of Karnataka, India. The investigator willvisit the participants on prior appointment. The purpose and nature of thestudy will be explained to the participants and participant information sheetwill also be provided. Participants will be reassured that all their personalinformation will be kept confidential and informed consent will be obtained.  Awritten informed consent will be obtained from the participants after giving adetailed description of the study. Thedata will be collected using a self-administered semi structured questionnaire.The content of the semi structured questionnaire will be developed byreading textbooks, articles, and available guidelines and through informaldiscussion with the experts. Based on the suggestions from the experts suitablemodifications will be done in the questionnaire and final draft content will bedeveloped and validated with the experts of Microbiology, Public Health, Pharmacy practice, General Medicine and community medicine. This self-administeredquestionnaire will be used to collect the data. The data collection will be also done using an online version of the questionnaire.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2020-01-06
• Last Update Posted: 2021-08-26

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Closed to Recruitment of Participants
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 30

Inclusion Criteria

• General Practitioners: General Practitioners who have Minimum degree of MBBS and any higher degree of qualification working in nursing homes, Primary Health Centers, Community Health Centers, and private hospitals where no formalized organized academic structure is available for regular teaching.
• Community Pharmacists: Pharmacist who have a minimum degree of D.Pharm or any higher degree of qualification working in medical stores will be enrolled.

Exclusion Criteria

Any General Practitioners, Community pharmacists who are not willing to participate in the study will be excluded.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Observational
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
assessment of knowledge, attitude and practice regarding Anti- Microbial resistanace.	4 weeks

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
The study will help to initiate other studies in a much wider population after the results are obtained.	6 weeks

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Kasturba Medical College; 🇮🇳 Udupi, KARNATAKA, India

Kasturba Medical College

🇮🇳Udupi, KARNATAKA, India

Ninu Mathew

Principal investigator

08202922717

ninupm@gmail.com