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Antimicrobial Stewardship Program (ASP) in Patients With a Sore Throat

NCT03408704 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 49

Last updated 2022-06-06

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The investigators have developed an antibiotic stewardship program (ASP) to increase adherence to the Swedish guidelines for managing patients with a sore throat. This is a randomized controlled trial where primary health care centers are randomised to get the ASP or not. The adherence to the Swedish guidelines are measured in all participating centers.

Conditions

  • Tonsillitis
  • Streptococcus Pharyngitis
  • Sore Throat
  • Pharyngitis
  • Pharyngitis Bacterial

Interventions

OTHER

ASP

It consists of one educational session where doctors and staff at the center discuss current guidelines around management of patients attending for a sore throat. At the education the following is discussed: 1. The Swedish guidelines 2. Example of cases 3. Statistics from previous 6 month showing how well this clinic adheres to the Swedish guidelines.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • James Cook University, Queensland, Australia

    collaborator OTHER

  • Göteborg University

    collaborator OTHER

  • Vastra Gotaland Region

    lead OTHER_GOV

Principal Investigators

  • Pär-Daniel Sundvall, MD PhD · Vastra Gotaland region, Sweden

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2018-01-17
Primary Completion
2022-02-28
Completion
2022-02-28

Countries

  • Sweden

Study Locations

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