Efficacy of Information System Regarding the Consumption of Antibiotics and Bacterial Resistance in Primary Care (SICAR-Amb)

Central Hospital, Nancy, France

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Chronic Disease

Treatments: Behavioral: Training program

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02816528

PREPS-15-000171

Details and patient eligibility

About

France is a country strong consumer of antibiotics in Europe, specially in primary care.

Outpatient antibiotic use represents around 90% of total antibiotic use and prescriptions come mainly from general practitioners. A literature review of antibiotic stewardship in primary care show that there is no evaluation of interest of giving information about consumption of antibiotics and bacterial resistance to general practitioners. The objective of this study is to demonstrate that practitioners implicated in the followed of consumption of antibiotics and bacterial resistance around their geographical area of practice could change and improve their practices in good use of antibiotics.

Enrollment: 472 estimated patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• General practitioners in a "Meurthe-et-Moselle" french department

Exclusion criteria

• General practitioners out of "Meurthe-et-Moselle" french department

Trial design

472 participants in 2 patient groups

Training program

Description:

Physicians will be given informations regarding antibiotic consumptions and bacterial resistance in their activity area every 3 months during 12 months.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Training program

Nothing

Description:

Not Trained Physicians