Impact of Four Patient Information Leaflets (PIL) on Patient Behaviour

Grenoble Alpes University Hospital Center (CHU)

Status and phase: Completed; Phase 4

Conditions: Gastroenteritis; Pharyngitis

Treatments: Procedure: usual consultation; Procedure: Patient Information Leaflets

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01398696

n° IRB 5891

Details and patient eligibility

About

To assess the impact of four Patient Information Leaflets (PIL) on patient behaviour in primary care.

Full description

A patient who visited, for a gastroenteritis or a pharyngitis, one GP of the intervention group, received a Patient Information Leaflets (PIL) related to his disease and his age: either the gastroenteritis leaflet for adult or the one for child, either the pharyngitis leaflet for adult or the one for child.

Enrollment: 400 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Adult patient.
• Minor child accompanied by a responsible adult.
• The patient or the caregiver must be reachable by telephone within ten to fifteen days following the consultation.

Exclusion criteria

• Illiterate patient
• Patient refusing follow-up call.
• Patient with visual or hearing impairment.
• Patient non-Francophone.
• Private patient of liberty by judicial or administrative.
• Person being a measure of legal protection.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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400 participants in 2 patient groups, including a placebo group

Patient Information Leaflets

Active Comparator group

Description:

Patient Information Leaflets (PIL) is given to the patient during consultation

Treatment:

Procedure: Patient Information Leaflets

usual consultation without PIL

Placebo Comparator group

Description:

no particular intervention during consultation for the patient.

Treatment:

Procedure: usual consultation