A randomised, controlled trial of clinical outreach education to rationalise antibiotic prescribing for dental conditions in the primary care setting.
ISRCTN | ISRCTN51223556 |
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DOI | https://doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN51223556 |
Secondary identifying numbers | RDO/90/17 |
- Submission date
- 23/01/2004
- Registration date
- 23/01/2004
- Last edited
- 02/06/2010
- Recruitment status
- No longer recruiting
- Overall study status
- Completed
- Condition category
- Oral Health
Prospectively registered
Protocol
Statistical analysis plan
Results
Individual participant data
Plain English summary of protocol
Not provided at time of registration
Contact information
Dr David Thomas
Scientific
Scientific
Dept of Oral Surgery Medicine
University of Wales College of Medicine
Dental School
Heath Park
Cardiff
CF4 4XY
United Kingdom
Phone | +44 (0)1222 742442 |
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ThomasDW2@cardiff.ac.uk |
Study information
Study design | Randomised controlled trial |
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Primary study design | Interventional |
Secondary study design | Randomised controlled trial |
Study setting(s) | GP practice |
Study type | Not Specified |
Scientific title | |
Study objectives | Rationalisation of antibiotic prescription for acute dental conditions in the primary care setting. |
Ethics approval(s) | Not provided at time of registration |
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied | Oral health/stomatognathic diseases |
Intervention | 1. Development and piloting of the educational package 2. Training of academic detailer 3. Recruitment of the study population of general dental practitioners and general medical practitioners randomised into a test and a control group 4. Data collection and statistical analysis by questionnaires to collect patient and prescribing data at baseline for six months 5. Test group will receive patient and professionals-mediated educational materials and academic detailing visitation on prescribing antibiotics for dental conditions. The control group will continue with data collection as described in (4) above and will receive no additional intervention. Data collection will be maintained for both groups for at least 3 months. |
Intervention type | Other |
Primary outcome measure | 1. Changes in the prescribing habits of general medical and general dental practitioners resulting in: 1.1 A reduction in the overall prescription of antibiotics. 1.2 A reduction in the unnecessary prescription of broad-spectrum antibiotics which contribute to the increase in microbial resistance evident in the community. 1.3 Cost savings. 1.4 An indirect reduction of morbidity and mortality associated with anti-microbial resistant organisms. 2. A rationale for antibiotic prescribing |
Secondary outcome measures | Not provided at time of registration |
Overall study start date | 01/11/1998 |
Completion date | 31/03/2002 |
Eligibility
Participant type(s) | Patient |
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Age group | Not Specified |
Sex | Not Specified |
Target number of participants | Not provided at time of registration |
Key inclusion criteria | Not provided at time of registration |
Key exclusion criteria | Not provided at time of registration |
Date of first enrolment | 01/11/1998 |
Date of final enrolment | 31/03/2002 |
Locations
Countries of recruitment
- United Kingdom
- Wales
Study participating centre
Dept of Oral Surgery Medicine
Cardiff
CF4 4XY
United Kingdom
CF4 4XY
United Kingdom
Sponsor information
Record Provided by the NHS R&D 'Time-Limited' National Programme Register - Department of Health (UK)
Government
Government
The Department of Health
Richmond House
79 Whitehall
London
SW1A 2NL
United Kingdom
Website | http://www.doh.gov.uk |
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Funders
Funder type
Government
NHS National Programme for Primary Dental Care (UK)
No information available
Results and Publications
Intention to publish date | |
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Individual participant data (IPD) Intention to share | No |
IPD sharing plan summary | Not provided at time of registration |
Publication and dissemination plan | Not provided at time of registration |
IPD sharing plan |
Study outputs
Output type | Details | Date created | Date added | Peer reviewed? | Patient-facing? |
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Results article | results | 26/08/2006 | Yes | No |