Duration of antibiotic therapy for each individual subject and medical case. 40 vignettes of patients suffering from pediatric infectious diseases were used.
Conditions
Interventions
Group 1: Intervention group
In the intervention group, social norm feedback will be provided in the form of a benchmark, (i.e. the average duration of therapy for the 40 stylised cases recommended by
Sponsors
Department of Business Administration and Healthcare Management, Faculty of Management, Economics, and Social Sciences, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 120 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Inclusion criterion: Physicians working in German pediatrics and neonatology clinics. Recruitment: We will recruit participants from paediatric departments in German university and hospitals and among participants of conferences of the German society of professional paediatricians (Berufsverband der Kinder- und Jugendärzte e.V.). In paediatric departments, our experiments will be announced by emails of the director or the departmental management. The experiment will also be announced on posters, which comprise basic information about the decision experiment, the location and the time of the sessions of the experiment. Interested participants then anonymously (identities are not revealed to the researchers) registered in an online poll for a specific session (maximum of 15 participants per session). Participants will only be allowed to register for one session
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Potential participants will be excluded from enrolment in the study if they are (1) not practicing in a clinical paediatric setting in a paediatric department in Germany or (2) if they are directors of paediatric departments in Germany.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Outcome: Duration of antibiotics therapy among individual pediatricians working in German pediatric departments. Mittel: Online experimental questionnaire consisting of 40 stylized pediatric cases (vignettes), using a PC / tablet in a session directly after the recruitment and randomization. Planned Analysis: Influence of the provision of feedback on the duration of the antibiotic therapy. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Outcome: Subject characteristics (e.g. gender, years in hospital, sub-specialisation), personality traits, risk preferences and social preferences Mittel: Post-experimental questionnaire. Planned Analysis: Association of personal characteristics and the duration of the antibiotic therapy. | — |
Countries
Germany
Contacts
Public ContactDaniel Wiesen
Department of Business Administration and Healthcare Management, Faculty of Management, Economics, and Social Sciences, University of Cologne
Outcome results
None listed