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Educational and Informative Interventions to Tackle Inappropriate Use of Drugs in Italy

NCT04030468 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 4840

Last updated 2019-07-24

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Summary

Pharmacological intervention is an essential step in health promotion. However, lots of drugs are often used in inappropriate ways, especially in elderly patients. This study is aiming at evaluating the effectiveness of educational and/or informative interventions addressed to general practitioners and their adult patients in Italy, in order to improve appropriateness of prescribing in primary care.

Conditions

  • Inappropriate Drug Prescription and Use

Interventions

OTHER

Educational intervention addressed to general practitioners

* feedback reports regarding the status of their patients according to the appropriateness indicators determined at baseline and the pooled prevalences for their patients, Local Health Units, and region * Continuous Medical Education (CME) course

OTHER

Informative intervention addressed to patients

• leaflets and posters distributed in primary care ambulatories and community pharmacies, focusing on correct drug use

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Federico II University

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of Milano Bicocca

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of Milan

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Alberico L Catapano · University of Milan

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2017-04-20
Primary Completion
2019-10-31
Completion
2020-04-30

Countries

  • Italy

Study Locations

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