Long Term Effect of General Practitioner Education on Antibiotic Prescribing (PAAIR2)

Henri Mondor University Hospital

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Respiratory Tract Infections

Treatments: Other: No education on antibiotic prescription rules.; Other: Experimental: Training to antibiotic prescription

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01107223

PAAIR2

Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Enrollment: 170 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• General practitioners practicing in three departments of the Parisian area in France
• General practitioners attending a two days didactic educational meeting on evidence-based guidelines for diagnosis and treatment of acute respiratory tract infection.

Exclusion criteria

• None

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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170 participants in 2 patient groups, including a placebo group

Training to antibiotic prescription

Experimental group

Description:

Physicians randomized in the education group attended a two days seminar focussed on evidence-based guidelines on antibiotic use in respiratory tract infections.

Treatment:

Other: Experimental: Training to antibiotic prescription

control

Placebo Comparator group

Treatment:

Other: No education on antibiotic prescription rules.