Herbal medicine prescribing Clinical decision support Rational drug use Knowledge and confidence of healthcare personnel Herbal Medicine Clinical Decision Support Systems Decision Support Systems Clinical Drug Prescriptions Knowledge Self-Efficacy Randomized Controlled Trial Health Personnel Mobile Applications Drug Interactions
Conditions
Interventions
Participants use HerbsScope TH CDSS web application for 6 months with pretest at baseline,Participants use standard herbal medicine PDF documents for 6 months with pretest at baseline,Participants use
Experimental Other,Active Comparator Other,Experimental Other,Active Comparator Other
WebApp with Pretest,PDF with Pretest,WebApp without Pretest,PDF without Pretest
Sponsors
Sakon Nakhon Provincial Health Office
Phra Ajarn Wan Uttamo Hospital,Rajamangala University of Technology Isan
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
20 Years to No maximum
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Licensed healthcare professional (traditional medicine practitioner, pharmacist, professional nurse, or physician) 2. Currently working in a selected hospital in Sakon Nakhon Province for at least 1 year 3. Has a role in prescribing, dispensing, or providing herbal medicine counseling 4. Able to access the internet 5. Willing to participate and provides informed consent
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Unable to participate throughout the full 6-month study period 2. Involved in the development of the HerbsScope TH CDSS web application 3. Expert who participated in the tool validation process 4. Requests withdrawal from the study
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Knowledge score on national essential herbal medicines Month 1, Month 3, Month 6 30-item multiple choice knowledge test based on Blooms Taxonomy,Prescribing confidence score Month 1, Month 3, Month 6 15-item Confidence Assessment Scale, 5-point Likert scale,Rational herbal medicine prescribing behavior score Month 1, Month 3, Month 6 20-item Rational Herbal Medicine Prescribing Behavior Scale, 5-point Likert scale,User satisfaction score Month 1, Month 3, Month 6 15-item User Satisfaction Questionnaire, 5-point Likert scale,Pretest sensitization effect Month 1, Month 3, Month 6 2x2 Factorial ANOVA comparing pretested and non-pretested groups within Solomon Four-Group Design | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| User satisfaction score Month 1, Month 3, Month 6 15-item User Satisfaction Questionnaire, 5-point Likert scale,Pretest sensitization effect Month 1, Month 3 and Month 6 Comparison of outcome scores between pretested and non-pretested groups,Herbal medicine prescribing rate Month 3 and Month 6 Number of herbal medicine prescriptions recorded per participant,Adverse drug reaction reporting behavior Month 3 and Month 6 Number of adverse drug reaction reports submitted per participant | — |
Countries
Thailand
Contacts
Public ContactSasinapa Hatsakan
Sakon Nakhon Provincial Health Office Ministry of Public Health
Outcome results
None listed