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
Active Locations (1)
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Centre hospitalier universitaire de Québec, Hôpital Saint-François d'Assise
Québec, Quebec, Canada, G1L 3L5