Respiratory Tract Infections and Prescription Drugs in Children and in Pregnancy

University of Oslo

Status

Completed

Conditions

Prescriptions of Antibiotics by General Practitioners

Prescriptions of ATC J01 and R Drugs in Participants

Respiratory Tract Diagnoses (ICPC-2)

Study type

Observational

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT01109589

ASP-UIO-2010

Details and patient eligibility

About

The main objective is to investigate the incidence of Respiratory Tract Infections (RTIs) and antibiotic prescriptions in children and during pregnancy, the different drugs chosen by their doctors according to diagnosis, and compliance by patients. Further to investigate the possible effect of antibiotic use during pregnancy on RTIs and antibiotics and respiratory drug prescriptions in children the first two years after birth.

Specific study objectives:

RTIs and antibiotic prescriptions in pre-school children
- Frequency of diagnoses and antibiotic prescriptions
- The proportion of broad spectrum antibiotics chosen
Prescription patterns and treatment compliance during pregnancy
- Incidence of diagnoses, compared with not pregnant patients
- Choice of antibiotics in RTIs
- Prescription collection from pharmacies
Antibiotics and respiratory medication in children aged 0-2 yrs
- Compare prevalence in children of mothers with frequent RTIs/antibiotic prescriptions during pregnancy and prevalence in children of mothers with few or no consultations during pregnancy
- Incidence of wheezing and asthma diagnoses and incidence og respiratory prescription drugs when the mother has received antibiotics in pregnancy