Gastroenteritis, Pharyngitis
Conditions
Keywords
Patient Information Leaflets, primary care, patient behaviour, pharyngitis, gastroenteritis
Brief summary
To assess the impact of four Patient Information Leaflets (PIL) on patient behaviour in primary care.
Detailed description
A patient who visited, for a gastroenteritis or a pharyngitis, one GP of the intervention group, received a Patient Information Leaflets (PIL) related to his disease and his age: either the gastroenteritis leaflet for adult or the one for child, either the pharyngitis leaflet for adult or the one for child.
Interventions
PROCEDUREPatient Information Leaflets
Patient Information Leaflets (PIL) about adult gastroenteritis, children gastroenteritis, adult pharyngitis or either children pharyngitis in consultation room
PROCEDUREusual consultation
No particular intervention during consultation for the Patient. No Information Leaflets (PIL) is given
Sponsors
University Hospital, Grenoble
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Adult patient. * Minor child accompanied by a responsible adult. * The patient or the caregiver must be reachable by telephone within ten to fifteen days following the consultation.
Exclusion criteria
* Illiterate patient * Patient refusing follow-up call. * Patient with visual or hearing impairment. * Patient non-Francophone. * Private patient of liberty by judicial or administrative. * Person being a measure of legal protection.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| The primary outcome measure was the mean behaviour score | In ten to fifteen days after patient after the visit | All patients were called, ten to fifteen days after the visit, to answer a questionnaire on their behaviour related to the disease since they visited the GP. It permitted to calculate a behaviour score. Better was the score, better was the patient's behaviour related to his disease. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| the mean comprehension score | in ten to fifteen days after the visit | All patients (or their parent) were called, ten to fifteen days after the visit, to answer a questionnaire on their comprehension related to the disease since they visited the GP. It permitted to calculate a comprehension score. Better was this score, better was the patient's comprehension. |
| number of visit of patient's family for the same pathology | in ten to fifteen days after the visit | we get the information by a phone call to the patient, in ten to fifteen days after the visit |
Countries
France
Outcome results
None listed