Reducing antibiotic prescribing in dentistry

Translation Research in a Dental Setting (TRiaDS) evaluation of an audit and feedback intervention for reducing antibiotic prescribing behaviour in primary dental care in Scotland

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ISRCTN

Registry ID

ISRCTN49204710

Enrollment

795

Registered

2013-08-15

Start date

2013-05-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2016-10-17

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Conditions

Antibiotic prescribing in dental primary care Not Applicable

Interventions

All dentists within each practice allocated to an intervention group will receive a graphical representation of their antibiotic prescribing rate. This will be in one of four formats: 1. Feedback mat

those in the other practices will receive three reports (at 0, 6 and 9 months). Practices in the control group will experience current audit practice i.e. they will receive no audit and feedback info

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Practice inclusion criteria: NHS general dental practices in the 14 Scottish Health Boards. Participant inclusion criteria: General Dental Practitioners (GDPs), from included practices, listed by the Practitioners Services Division (PSD) of NHS National Services Scotland as currently practicing in March 2013.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Practice exclusion criteria: 1. Practices in mainland Health Boards with salaried dentists. (Salaried dentists are used as a proxy to identify community and emergency dental services. Predominantly due to geography, the majority of dental services in the Island Boards are provided by the NHS salaried service. For this reason, practices with salaried dentists in the Island Boards are not excluded). 2. Practices where no NHS courses of treatment was provided in more than 6 months out of the most recently available 12 months of treatment provision data (January to December 2012). Participant exclusion criteria: GDPs who are not recorded in the PSD list of dentists.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Total number of antibiotic items (from Section 5.1 of the British National Formulary) dispensed per 100 courses of treatment over the 12 months from May 2013 to April 2014.	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
1. Total number of Amoxicillin 3g items dispensed per 100 courses of treatment over the 12 months from May 2013 to April 2014 2. Total number of ?second-line? antibiotic items (Clindamycin, Co-amoxiclav, Clarithromycin) dispensed per 100 courses of treatment over the 12 months from May 2013 to April 2014 3. Total defined daily doses of antibiotics (from Section 5.1 of the British National Formulary) dispensed per 100 courses of treatment over the 12 months from May 2013 to April 2014 4. Total defined daily doses of Amoxicillin 3g dispensed per 100 courses of treatment over the 12 months from May 2013 to April 2014 5. Total defined daily doses of ?second-line? antibiotics (Clindamycin, Co-amoxiclav, Clarithromycin) dispensed per 100 courses of treatment over the 12 months from May 2013 to April 2014 6. Uptake of a national audit on antibiotic prescribing	—

Measure

Time frame

1. Total number of Amoxicillin 3g items dispensed per 100 courses of treatment over the 12 months from May 2013 to April 2014 2. Total number of ?second-line? antibiotic items (Clindamycin, Co-amoxiclav, Clarithromycin) dispensed per 100 courses of treatment over the 12 months from May 2013 to April 2014 3. Total defined daily doses of antibiotics (from Section 5.1 of the British National Formulary) dispensed per 100 courses of treatment over the 12 months from May 2013 to April 2014 4. Total defined daily doses of Amoxicillin 3g dispensed per 100 courses of treatment over the 12 months from May 2013 to April 2014 5. Total defined daily doses of ?second-line? antibiotics (Clindamycin, Co-amoxiclav, Clarithromycin) dispensed per 100 courses of treatment over the 12 months from May 2013 to April 2014 6. Uptake of a national audit on antibiotic prescribing

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Countries

United Kingdom

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Mar 20, 2026