Prevention of Renal Failure in Children With Urinary Tract Infections

Radboud University Medical Center

Status: Completed

Conditions: Urinary Tract Infections

Treatments: Behavioral: Distance learning package for practice assistants; Behavioral: Distance learning package for General Practitioners; Behavioral: Written information for parents

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00316043

WOK_PNKU_01

OV02 (Dutch Kidney Foundation)

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of the study is to describe the current clinical management of young children with urinary tract infections in Dutch primary care and also to describe the possibilities for improvement and potential cost-efficiency of improved care in the light of preventing renal failure.

Full description

The aim of the study is to describe the current clinical management of young children with urinary tract infections in Dutch primary care and also to describe the possibilities for improvement and potential cost-efficiency of improved care in the light of preventing renal failure.

The 4 phases of the study contain the following questions:

• Phase 1: What is the current clinical management of urinary tract infections in young children in primary care?
• Phase 2: What are the possibilities for improving the clinical management of urinary tract infections and are these improvements practically achievable?
• Phase 3: What is the cost-efficiency of the several interventions for improving clinical management of urinary tract infections
• Phase 4: What is the influence of the intervention on clinical management?

Enrollment: 124 patients

Sex: All

Ages: Under 12 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• children between 0-12 years of age with a proven urinary tract infection in general practice

Exclusion criteria