Drug counselling to improve the taking of short-term antibiotics as prescribed

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Patient adherence to short-term antibiotics; Not Applicable

• Registration Number: ISRCTN82062391
• Lead Sponsor: dayana University

Brief Summary

2022 Results article in http://doi.org/10.11591/ijphs.v11i3.21537 (added 29/09/2022)

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2020-12-22
• Study Completion: 2021-04-30
• Last Update Posted: 10 October 2022

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 300

Inclusion Criteria

1. Aged =18 years
2. Come to the pharmacy to buy antibiotics by prescription
3. Willing to become respondents by agreeing to the informed consent

Exclusion Criteria

Patients who are doctors, nurses, midwives and other health workers

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Patients adherence measured using Morisky Medication Adherence Scale -8 by telephone questionnaire when the drug is predicted to run out, 3-7 days from the time the patient came to the pharmacy to buy the drug

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Problems arising in patient adherence or non-adherence to antibiotic therapy and the opinions of various parties on the implementation of the modified pharmaceutical counseling, collected by telephone interviews with patients (3-7 days from the time the patient came to the pharmacy to buy the drug) and interviews with service providers (at the pharmacy during the participant recruitment) and policyholders (at any convenient time and place during the data collection by appointment)