Status:

COMPLETED

DÉCISION+, a Continuous Professional Development Program to Improve Optimal Drug Prescription : a Feasibility Study

Lead Sponsor:

CHU de Quebec-Universite Laval

Collaborating Sponsors:

Fonds de la Recherche en Santé du Québec

Conseil du Médicament du Québec

Conditions:

Choice Behavior

Eligibility:

All Genders

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

The objective of this project is to evaluate the feasibility of a larger randomized trial of the efficacy of DECISION+, a continuous professional development program integrating multiple components, t...

Detailed Description

The Conseil du médicament du Québec defines optimal drug use as a "use that maximizes benefits and minimizes risks to population health by taking into account available options, costs and resources as...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Physician: Family medicine group practices (Groupe de médicine familiale) of at least 12 members located in one of the two following regions: Québec and Chaudière-Appalaches, and from which at least 6 members have agreed to participate in the study.
  • Patients : a) Adult or child consulting a participating physician for an acute respiratory infection (ARI) (i.e. otitis media, rhino-sinusitis, pharyngo-laryngitis, or acute bronchitis), b) Adult or child for whom a treatment with an antibiotic is considered by the patient himself (or guardian, if for a child) or by the physician; c) Patient skills in reading, understanding, and writing French (or guardian, if for a child) equivalent to grade 8; d) Patient (or guardian, if for a child) who can give informed consent for his participation in the study. Patient with a condition requiring emergency care and/or transfer to another care unit will be excluded (e.g.: psychiatric condition, cardiac or pulmonary conditions, a major infection).

Exclusion

    Key Trial Info

    Start Date :

    September 1 2006

    Trial Type :

    INTERVENTIONAL

    Allocation :

    ACTUAL

    End Date :

    March 1 2008

    Estimated Enrollment :

    642 Patients enrolled

    Trial Details

    Trial ID

    NCT00354315

    Start Date

    September 1 2006

    End Date

    March 1 2008

    Last Update

    February 16 2009

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    Centre hospitalier universitaire de Québec, Hôpital Saint-François d'Assise

    Québec, Quebec, Canada, G1L 3L5