Impact of Online Counselling Training For Pharmacists on The Management of Acute Uncomplicated Urinary Tract Infections in Adults; A Double-blind Randomized Controlled Trial
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Sponsor
- University of Ibadan
- Enrollment
- 80
- Locations
- 2
- Primary Endpoint
- Correct diagnosis of Acute Uncomplicated Urinary Tract Infection
Study Overview
Brief Summary
This study is to be conducted in community pharmacies. It involves the use of trained mystery patients to evaluate community pharmacists at baseline and post intervention. The pharmacists will be divided into control and intervention groups using computer generated codes. Those in the intervention group will receive an online training by clinical pharmacists. The training will employ the use of didactic teaching and the use of case studies and simulations covering the diagnosis and management of acute uncomplicated urinary tract infections in adults. Post intervention, mystery patients will revisit the community pharmacists in the control and intervention groups for re-assessment.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Intervention Model
- Parallel
- Primary Purpose
- Health Services Research
- Masking
- Triple (Participant, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
Masking Description
The participating pharmacists, the mystery patient and the investigator will not know who is in the control or the intervention group
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 18 Years to — (Adult, Older Adult)
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- Yes
Inclusion Criteria
- •The superintendent pharmacist, or the pharmacist manager or any other post National Youth Service Corps pharmacist
Exclusion Criteria
- •Interns, and pharmacists undergoing the mandatory National Youth Service Corps program.
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Correct diagnosis of Acute Uncomplicated Urinary Tract Infection
Time Frame: Through the study completion (an average of 6 months)
using the Infectious Disease Society of America treatment guideline, the pharmacists should be able to reach a diagnosis of Acute Uncomplicated Urinary Tract Infection. Appropriate diagnosis will be classified as "Correct diagnosis" and inappropriate diagnosis will be classified as "Incorrect diagnosis". Proportion will be used to describe the number of community pharmacists who got the diagnosis Correct and Incorrect.
Appropriate management of urinary tract infection
Time Frame: Through the study completion (an average of 6 months)
Infectious Disease Society of America treatment guideline
Questioning skill score
Time Frame: Through the study completion (an average of 6 months)
Expert Panels' Relevant Questions - Through 80% consensus the expert panel picked 50 relevant questions. The minimum score is "0" and the maximum score is "50". The higher the score the better the questioning skill.
Secondary Outcomes
No secondary outcomes reported
Investigators
Abdulhafiz Taofiq Tanimola
Principal Investigator
University of Ibadan