A randomised, controlled trial of clinical outreach education to rationalise antibiotic prescribing for dental conditions in the primary care setting.

ISRCTN ISRCTN51223556
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

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
Email ThomasDW2@cardiff.ac.uk

Study information

Study designRandomised controlled trial
Primary study designInterventional
Secondary study designRandomised controlled trial
Study setting(s)GP practice
Study typeNot Specified
Scientific title
Study objectivesRationalisation 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) studiedOral health/stomatognathic diseases
Intervention1. 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 typeOther
Primary outcome measure1. 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 measuresNot provided at time of registration
Overall study start date01/11/1998
Completion date31/03/2002

Eligibility

Participant type(s)Patient
Age groupNot Specified
SexNot Specified
Target number of participantsNot provided at time of registration
Key inclusion criteriaNot provided at time of registration
Key exclusion criteriaNot provided at time of registration
Date of first enrolment01/11/1998
Date of final enrolment31/03/2002

Locations

Countries of recruitment

  • United Kingdom
  • Wales

Study participating centre

Dept of Oral Surgery Medicine
Cardiff
CF4 4XY
United Kingdom

Sponsor information

Record Provided by the NHS R&D 'Time-Limited' National Programme Register - Department of Health (UK)
Government

The Department of Health
Richmond House
79 Whitehall
London
SW1A 2NL
United Kingdom

Website http://www.doh.gov.uk

Funders

Funder type

Government

NHS National Programme for Primary Dental Care (UK)

No information available

Results and Publications

Intention to publish date
Individual participant data (IPD) Intention to shareNo
IPD sharing plan summaryNot provided at time of registration
Publication and dissemination planNot provided at time of registration
IPD sharing plan

Study outputs

Output type Details Date created Date added Peer reviewed? Patient-facing?
Results article results 26/08/2006 Yes No