Acute Bronchitis, ACUTE SINUSITIS, Sore Throat
Conditions
Keywords
Acute respiratory tract infections, Antibiotics, General practice, Patient-centered communication, Information sheets
Brief summary
The goal of this trial is to investigate if the use of information sheets regarding acute respiratory tract infections will lead to more rational antibiotic prescribing and increase patient-centered communication i Danish general practice. The main questions to be answered: * Will the use of information sheets lower antibiotic prescribing. * Will the use of information sheets increase patient-centered communication. We will compare use of information sheets in the consultation with patients with symptoms of acute respiratory tract infections to usual care (control) to find out if information sheets lower antibiotic prescribing. Participants will be presented to the information sheets during the consultation regarding symptoms of acute respiratory tract infection. Participants will fill in a short questionaire regarding patient-centered communication shortly after the consultation.
Interventions
OTHERARTI Info-sheets
ARTI Info-sheets are three information sheets design to be used together with patients contacting general practice with symptoms of acute respiratory tract infections. The information sheets is created as a dialog-tool to increase patient involvement in managing of acute respiratory tract infections.
Sponsors
Research Unit for General Practice in Aalborg
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Eligible patients must contact the general practice clinic with symptoms of either acute pharyngotonsillitis, acute rhinosinusitis or acute bronchitis and should be above 18 years of age.
Exclusion criteria
* Prior antibiotic treatment for the current episode of acute respiratory tract infections. * Urgent need of hospitalization. * Patients who do not understand Danish. * Patients not listed within the general practice clinic.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Proportion of patients contacting the general practice clinic with symptoms of acute respiratory tract infections prescribed antibiotics at initial consultation. | At Initial consultation (day 0) |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Proportion of patients contacting the general practice clinic with symptoms of acute respiratory tract infections with redeemed antibiotic prescriptions within 14 days after the initial consultation. | Additional contact from day 0 until day 14. |
| Proportion of patients contacting the general practice clinic with symptoms of acute respiratory tract infections with retrieval of prescribed antibiotics from the pharmacy within 14 days after the initial consultation. | Retrieval of prescribed antibiotic from day 0 until day 14 |
| Proportion of patients contacting the general practice clinic with symptoms of acute respiratory tract infections reconsultation within 14 days after the initial consultation. | Reconsultation from day 0 until day 14. |
| Proportion of patients contacting the general practice clinic with symptoms of acute respiratory tract infections with "out of hours"-consultations within 14 days after the initial consultation. | Out of hours consultation from day 0 until day 14. |
| Proportion of patients contacting the general practice clinic with symptoms of acute respiratory tract infections with hospital admissions within 14 after the initial consultation. | Hospital admissions from day 0 until day 14. |
| Proportion of patients experiencing high level of Patient-centered communication measured by CollaboRATE. | Day 0. |
Countries
Denmark
Outcome results
None listed