Enhancing the quality of information-sharing in primary care for children with respiratory tract infections

Conditions

Respiratory Tract Diseases Respiratory 1. Unspecified acute upper respiratory infection 2. Unspecified acute lower respiratory infection

Nick Francis, Rhiannon Phillips, Fiona Wood, Kerenza Hood, Sharon Simpson et al. (6 authors)

BMC Family Practice2013-12-0162 citations

10.1186/1471-2296-14-182

Effect of using an interactive booklet about childhood respiratory tract infections in primary care consultations on reconsulting and antibiotic prescribing: a cluster randomised controlled trial.

Francis NA, Butler CC, Hood K, Simpson S, Wood F, Nuttall J.

2009-07-29167 citations

10.1136/bmj.b2885

The effect of using an interactive booklet on childhood respiratory tract infections in consultations: study protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial in primary care.

Francis NA, Hood K, Simpson S, Wood F, Nuttall J, Butler CC.

2008-04-2410 citations

10.1186/1471-2296-9-23

Interventions

Intervention: use of a new 'interactive' leaflet on respiratory tract infections by general practitioners within the consultation, and then provided to parents as a take-home resource. Comparison: usu

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Subjects aged 6 months to 14 years who have been ill for 7 days or less, and have been diagnosed by their GP as having acute respiratory tract infection. This will include children suspected of having both upper and lower respiratory tract infections, and viral or bacterial infections, and will include sore throat, otitis media and sinusitis.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. With suspected pneumonia 2. Who have been formally diagnosed with asthma or who are currently taking or in need of oral or inhaled steroids or inhaled bronchodilators 3. Judged to need immediate admittance to hospital or with serious/concerning features 4. With serious concomitant illness (i.e. malignancy, cystic fibrosis) 5. Whose carer is unable to comply with the study protocol 6. Who have been seen previously for this illness episode 7. Who have been previously recruited into the trial (each child can only be recruited into the trial once) 8. Have a sibling who has been recruited into the trial (each family can only be recruited into the trial once)

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
1. Re-consultation for same episode of illness 2. Antibiotic prescription for the presenting illness at any point in the 2 week follow-up period	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
No secondary outcome measures	—

Countries

United Kingdom

Outcome results

None listed