Compliance With Antibiotic Treatment in General Practice

Completed

• Conditions: Patient Compliance

• Registration Number: NCT01291251
• Lead Sponsor: Norwegian Medical Association

Brief Summary

The guidelines of The Norwegian authorities concerning the use of antibiotics in general practice state that for several common diseases such as pneumonia and tonsillitis, antibiotics should be given four times daily instead of three times daily. The study´s aim is to see whether the patient compliance is significantly reduced in antibiotic regimes of 3 or 4 daily doses as compared to 1 or 2 daily doses.

Detailed Description

All patients given antibiotic tablets, independent of diagnosis and medicament, are included. All patients give a written consent. Within a week after the end of the treatment all patients are contacted by one of the authors and asked a few standardized questions concerning their compliance with the treatment.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2010-02
• Primary Completion: 2010-12
• Study First Submitted: 2011-02-07
• Study First Submitted QC: 2011-02-07
• Study First Posted: 2011-02-08
• Study Completion: 2012-02
• Status Verified: 2012-04
• Last Update Submitted: 2012-04-23
• Last Update Posted: 2012-04-24

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 270

Inclusion Criteria

• Any patient given antibiotics for any cause

Exclusion Criteria

• Use of mixture instead of tablets
• Tablets administrated by public health care services

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Trial Locations

Locations (2)

Froland legekontor; 🇳🇴 Froland, Aust-Agder, Norway

Hisøy legekontor; 🇳🇴 Arendal, Aust-Agder, Norway