NCT01107223

Long Term Effect of General Practitioner Education on Antibiotic Prescribing

Long Term Effect of General Practitioner Education on Antibiotic Prescribing: a Large Scale Randomized Study

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 170 (actual)
• Sponsor: Henri Mondor University Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: —
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Respiratory tract infections are the most common indication for antibiotic prescribing in primary care. Several studies have shown a strong relationship between antibiotic use and bacterial resistance. The aim of this trial was to assess the long-term effect of a continuous education program on general practitioners antibiotic prescribing behaviour. 170 physicians were included in this study. Physicians randomized in the education group attended a two days seminar focused on evidence-based guidelines on antibiotic use in respiratory tract infections. The intervention was limited at physicians level and did not target the patients.

Conditions

• Respiratory Tract Infections

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Experimental: Training to antibiotic prescription	GPs assigned to the intervention group attended a two days didactic educational meeting on evidence-based guidelines for diagnosis and treatment of acute respiratory tract infection.
OTHER	No education on antibiotic prescription rules.	GPs assigned to control group received no specific recommendations on antibiotic prescription.

Timeline

• Start date: 2004-09-01
• Primary completion: 2009-04-01
• Completion: 2010-04-01
• First posted: 2010-04-20
• Last updated: 2010-04-20

Locations

1 site across 1 country: France