The Design and Evaluation of a Message-Based Feedback System to Change The Behavior of General Practitioners to Reduce Prescription of Dexamethasone to Outpatients

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

IRCT

Registry ID

IRCT2017020532395N1

Enrollment

Registered

2017-11-20

Start date

2016-11-05

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2018-02-22

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Conditions

Index prescription. Problem related to care-provider dependency, unspecified

Interventions

Intervention 1: Intervention group: Physicians who prescribed dexamethasone were divided into two groups according to the median Prescribing percentage, each of which was divided into two groups Inte

Behavior

Treatment - Drugs

Intervention group: Physicians who prescribed dexamethasone were divided into two groups according to the median Prescribing percentage, each of which was divided into two groups Intervention and co

Control group: this group wont received any feedback.

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Inclusion: All physicians working in the clinic Daroshafa and All patients referred to the clinic Daroshafa Exclusion: None.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria:

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Percent of dexamethasone prescription. Timepoint: Befor and after the intervation. Method of measurement: The number of prescription that have dexamethasone divide by entire prescription.	—

Countries

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Contacts

Public ContactMarjan Rasoulian Kasrineh

Mashhad University Of Medical Sciences

Rasouliankm941@mums.ac.ir+98 51 3500 2429

Outcome results

None listed

Source: IRCT (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026