Swedish Antibiotic Nursing Home Trial

NCT ID: NCT01054677

Last Updated: 2010-01-22

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Brief Summary

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Main aim and objective

The aim was to present the treatment of infectious diseases in elderly, especially in nursing homes and further to evaluate the effect of an intervention package aiming at improving treatment with antibiotics in Swedish nursing homes

Specific objectives

* Present the treatment patterns regarding infectious diseases, including gender aspects in elderly, especially in nursing homes.
* Through focus group discussions elucidate the decision making process in nursing homes and target the intervention.
* Based on the above information develop an educational intervention to contribute to the improvement of the prescribing of antibiotics in nursing homes
* Evaluate the effect of the intervention on quality of prescribing, knowledge and attitudes in relation to available guidelines

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Infections Urinary Tract Infections

Study Design

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Primary Study Purpose

HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Study Groups

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Educational intervention on antibiotic prescribing

The participants in this group received an educational intervention.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Educational intervention on antibiotic prescribing

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Small educational group sessions with nurses and physicians, feedback on prescribing, presentation of guidelines and written materials

No educational intervention

The participants in this group did not receive the educational intervention

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Educational intervention on antibiotic prescribing

Small educational group sessions with nurses and physicians, feedback on prescribing, presentation of guidelines and written materials

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* nursing homes where residents have a common dining room and staff, and a self-assessed stable staff situation

Exclusion Criteria

* specialised nursing homes or wards (e.g. oncology wards)
Eligible Sex

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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The national corporation of Swedish pharmacies, Apoteket AB

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role collaborator

Karolinska Institutet

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Karolinska Institutet

Other Identifiers

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dnr 03-070

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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