Improving antibiotic use for patients with respiratory infection using an educational interventio
Completed
- Conditions
- antibiotic antibioticarespiratory infection luchtweginfectieeducation scholinggeneral practitioner huisartsaccreditation praktijkaccreditering
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON26295
- Lead Sponsor
- Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care of the University Medical Center Utrecht
- Brief Summary
/A
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 80
Inclusion Criteria
general practitioners willing to participate
important to mention is that we include GPs of primary care practices and no individual patients. The number of participants therefore refer to the number of included practices.
Exclusion Criteria
none
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method number of antibiotic prescriptions per 1000 patients in the practice per year<br><br /><br /><br>number of PPI prescriptions per 1000 patients in the practice per year<br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method General practitioners in the antibiotic intervention group register their own prescribing behaviour in daily routine care (anonymous patient characteristics, diagnosis, prescribing). Based on this information the rate of unnecessary prescribing (overprescribing) can be determined. Overprescribing will only be collected for the antibiotic intervention group in the year prior to the intervention and in the year after the intervention, via registration forms filled in by the practitioners.