N/A
N=2,300
An Educational Intervention to Improve the Use of Antibiotics in Portuguese Health Professional
Antibiotics Misuse
Bottom Line
View on ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT02173509 ↗Enrolled (actual)
2,300
Serious AEs
—
Results posted
Aug 2023
Primary outcome: Primary: Change From Baseline Antibiotic Consumption at 18 Months, in Primary Care — 1.71; 2.01 PID-number of packages per 1000 inhabit
Study Design & Population
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- N/A
- Interventions
- Multidisciplinary and multifaceted educational intervention. (Other)
- Age
- Pediatric, Adult, Older Adult
- Sex
- All
- Sponsor
- Aveiro University
- Primary completion
- Oct 2013
Outcome Measures
| Outcome | Result | p-value |
|---|---|---|
| PRIMARY Change From Baseline Antibiotic Consumption at 18 Months, in Primary Care |
1.71; 2.01 | — |
| PRIMARY Antibiotic Monthly Sales Data and Quality Indicators Monthly Prescribing Rates. |
1.71; 2.01 | — |
Summary
This is a cluster randomised controlled trial covering all general practitioners working in the National Health System (SNS) and all pharmacists working in community pharmacies in the area covered by the Health Region Administration of Center (ARS-C) . A specific educative intervention, designed from gaps detected in knowledge and attitudes with respect to antibiotics and resistance, will be carried out on the intervention group. The control group will not receive any specific intervention.
Hypotheses:
1. The attitudes and knowledge towards antibiotics generate habits of prescription by physicians
2. The attitudes and knowledge towards to antibiotics generate propensity to dispense antibiotics without prescription by pharmacists
3. The identification of the attitudes, knowledge and factors that generate habits of inadequate prescription will allow the design of specific educative interventions to improve the use of antibiotics
4. The identification of the attitudes, knowledge and factors that generate propensity to dispense antibiotics without prescription will allow the design of specific educative interventions to antibiotic use
5. The interventions designed from gaps detected in knowledge and attitudes with respect to antibiotics and resistance will improve the prescription and dispensation of antibiotics by physicians and pharmacists, respectively.
6. The intervention will collaborate in the control of the bacterial resistance.
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- All general practitioners working during the period of the study in the National System of Health (SNS)
- All pharmacists working during the period study in the community pharmacies.
Data sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT02173509). Outcome figures and adverse-event rates are extracted automatically from the registry's posted results and are provided for clinician reference, not as a substitute for the primary publication.