ISRCTN18154381
Completed
Not Applicable
A collaborative primary care-based approach to managing upper respiratory tract infections as a strategy to reduce antibiotic prescribing
Queen's University Belfast (UK)0 sites7,500 target enrollmentSeptember 21, 2006
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- pper Respiratory Tract Infections
- Sponsor
- Queen's University Belfast (UK)
- Enrollment
- 7500
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- 11 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
No summary available.
Investigators
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •1\. General practices with between 3,000 to 8,000 and over 8,000 patients and complete computerised prescribing
- •2\. Community pharmacists who dispense 80% of issued prescriptions
- •3\. Patients:
- •a. aged over five years
- •b. who request an appointment or prescription for an URTI
- •c. who use one of the participating pharmacies
- •d. who do not have a history of chronic respiratory or cardiac disease
- •e. who have not previously consulted with a pharmacist about their current symptoms
Exclusion Criteria
- •1\. General Practices with less than 2,500 patients and incomplete computerised prescribing
- •2\. Community pharmacists who dispense less than 80% of issued prescriptions
- •3\. Patients:
- •a. aged under 5 years
- •b. who do not use one of the participating pharmacies
- •c. who have a history of chronic respiratory or cardiac disease
- •d. who have previously consulted with a pharmacist about their current symptoms
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Not specified
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