An Intervention to Reduce Inappropriate Prescriptions of Antibiotics for Respiratory Infections in General Practice

University of Oslo

Status and phase: Completed; Phase 2; Phase 1

Conditions: Anti-Bacterial Agents; Respiratory Tract Infections

Treatments: Behavioral: Educational intervention program; Behavioral: Educational intervention

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00272155

850657

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study will explore the possible effect of a tailored educational intervention towards general practitioners, in order to improve antibiotic prescriptions for respiratory infections.

Enrollment: 118,621 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• General practitioner
• Specialist in general practice

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)