A collaborative primary care-based approach to managing upper respiratory tract infections as a strategy to reduce antibiotic prescribing
- Conditions
- Respiratorypper Respiratory Tract InfectionsUpper Respiratory Tract Infections
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN18154381
- Lead Sponsor
- Queen's University Belfast (UK)
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 7500
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
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
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The rate of antibiotic prescribing for URTIs.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1. Comparison of treatment success rates of URTIs between Intervention and Control groups<br>2. Patient satisfaction with URTI management<br>3. Economic analysis of the cost of the new pharmacy service