Symptomatic respiratory tract infectious Respiratory
Conditions
Interventions
A total of 30 township/community health centers within 2 cities, Anhui Province, China will be recruited. All the township/community health centers will be randomised at a 1:1 ratio to the control arm
while eligible patients in the intervention arm, will be sent 12 tailored massages in 12 consecutive days (once a day). Project evaluation applies to all arms using the same data collection methods an
Sponsors
National Natural Science Foundation of China
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. 18 years or older and able to give consent to participate in the patient survey and/or follow-up interviews 2. Diagnosed with an RTIs in the recruitment consultation: blocked/runny nose, coughing with or without sputum, dry/sore throat, breathing problems, fever, ear inflammation (blocked ear, tinnitus, ear discharges, earache) 3. Able to read messages 4. Have a mobile phone that can receive messages
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Have previously sought treatment for this illness from a normal clinic 2. Unable to provide fully informed consent (e.g. due to dementia, psychosis, or severe depression) 3. Can't receive messages 4. Unable to read messages
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Number of days in which antibiotics are used by patients with symptomatic RTIs measured using telephone questionnaire at initial consultation, 7 and 14 days | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Patients’ knowledge about and attitude toward antibiotics measured using telephone questionnaire at 180 and 365 days 2. Patients’ quality of life measured using EQ-5D at initial consultation 7, 180 and 365 days 3. Patients' symptom severity and duration measured using telephone questionnaire at initial consultation, 7, 14 and 21 days 4. Times of re-visits to clinics and antibiotics re-prescription for the same RTI episode measured using telephone questionnaire at 14 and 21 days 5. Times of re-occurrence of RTIs within six or twelve months after the intervention and related health service seeking and antibiotics consumption measured using telephone questionnaire at 180 and 365 days | — |
Countries
China
Outcome results
None listed