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Short-Term Use of Antibiotics and Adherence Level

NCT05293977 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 589

Last updated 2022-03-24

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Summary

Objectives: To evaluate the impact of educational intervention on antibiotic short-term adherence .

Methods: A prospective randomized controlled study was conducted in a tertiary hospital in Jordan. Adult patients who had an acute infection diagnosis and were prescribed antibiotic pills for short term (\< 30 day) at home were included in the study. Patients were recruited and randomly allocated into one of the two groups; control and intervention. Each patient in the intervention group was provided with pharmaceutical education about prescribed antibiotic.

Conditions

  • Acute Infection

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Routine care by the dispensing pharmacist

Patients in the control group received routine care by the dispensing pharmacist and seen by research assistant for data collection only

BEHAVIORAL

Pharmaceutical education/counseling about prescribed antibiotic

Patient in the intervention group was provided with pharmaceutical education about his/her prescribed antibiotic by the trained clinical pharmacist. To prepare the education about antibiotics, the 10 most commonly prescribed antibiotics were determined in advance from hospital records: Amoxicillin or Amoxicillin/Clavulanic acid, Ciprofloxacin, Levofloxacin, Azithromycin, Cefuroxime, Cephalexin, Clindamycin, Doxycycline, Metronidazole, Trimethoprim/Sulfamethoxazole. Standard education points about antibiotics include (i) mechanism of action and/or use, (ii) correct administration method, (iii) correct timing, (iv) possible adverse effect and self-management intervention methods when faced with side effects, (v) what to do in case of missing any dose.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Jordan University of Science and Technology

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Basima Almomani, PhD · Jordan University of Science and Technology

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
SINGLE
Model
SEQUENTIAL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
88 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2020-08-03
Primary Completion
2021-09-16
Completion
2021-12-15

Countries

  • Jordan

Study Locations

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