Community-based Actions to Tackle the Problem of Antibiotic Resistance
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: Z00-Z99- Factors influencing health status and contact with health servicesHealth Condition 2: R00-R99- Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2023/02/050054
- Lead Sponsor
- Indian Council of Medical Research
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Open to Recruitment
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
1. Individuals suffering from any symptoms of systemic infection (e.g., fever, pain in the abdomen, diarrhea, urinary problems, cough and cold, etc.) within the last 3 months of the field survey.
Exclusion Criteria
1. Critically ill, cancer patients, or bed-ridden patients
2. Individuals diagnosed to be immunocompromised
3. Individuals on immunosuppressive therapy
4. Respondents diagnosed with any psychiatric illness
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The intervention package proposed is expected to improve the awareness of the participants on appropriate use of antibiotics, and on the adverse effects of antibiotic resistance. It is expected that the proportion of antibiotic resistance will not increase further in the intervention clusters as compared to the control clusters.Timepoint: 3 months after the intervention delivery
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method It is expected that the proportion of antibiotic resistance will not increase further in the intervention clusters as compared to the control clusters.Timepoint: 3 to 4 months after the intervention delivery