Implementation of Academic Detailing Interventions on Prescribing of Antimicrobial Drugs in Primary Health Care

General Hospital Koprivnica

Status: Completed

Conditions: Upper Respiratory Tract Infections; Viral Infection; Acute Respiratory Tract Infection

Treatments: Behavioral: Academic detailing intervention

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05090475

hospital A-team_primary care

Details and patient eligibility

About

World increase in mortality from consequences of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) represents a significant public health problem. Irrational prescribing of antimicrobial drugs (AMD) in general population is one of the main causes of development AMR. This is also contributed by fact that up to 90% of total antimicrobial consumption in Europe is related to the general population. Problem of AMR has been recognized by World Health Organization and Council of European Union, which support the establishment of the antimicrobial stewardship team (A-team). A-team provides co-ordinated interventions that promote rational use of AMD. To date, no study has been carried out in which A-team from hospital environment goes to primary health care for the purpose of rationalization prescribing of AMD by primary health care practitioners. Project for implementation of hospital A-team in primary health care in Koprivnica-Križevci County was initiated using academic detailing method aimed at rationalization of the consumption of AMD.

Enrollment: 16 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 25 to 75 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• All primary care physicians in Koprivnica Križevci County that agree to participate in the study

Exclusion criteria

• Primary care physicians outside Koprivnica Križevci County

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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16 participants in 3 patient groups

Experimental group in Koprivnica Križevci County

Experimental group

Description:

Hospital A-team provided academic detailing intervention to primary care physicians in Koprivnica Križevci county who agree to participate

Treatment:

Behavioral: Academic detailing intervention

Control group in Koprivnica Križevci county

No Intervention group

Description:

Primary care physicians in Koprivnica Križevci county who did not agree to participate in academic detailing intervention

Control group in Bjelovar Bilogora county

No Intervention group

Description:

Primary care physicians in Bjelovar Bilogora county without the academic detailing intervention