Irrational prescribing of over-the-counter (OTC) medicines in general practice: Testing the feasibility of an educational intervention among physicians in five European countries

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11160%2F14%3A10281731" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11160/14:10281731 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2296/15/34" target="_blank" >http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2296/15/34</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2296-15-34" target="_blank" >10.1186/1471-2296-15-34</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Irrational prescribing of over-the-counter (OTC) medicines in general practice: Testing the feasibility of an educational intervention among physicians in five European countries

Original language description

This feasibility study utilized an educational intervention was designed using the Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB). It took place in geographically-defined primary care areas in Cyprus, France, Greece, Malta, and Turkey. General Practitioners (GPs) were recruited in each country and randomly assigned into two study groups in each of the participating countries. The intervention included a one-day intensive training programme, a poster presentation, and regular visits of trained professionals to the workplaces of participants. Reminder messages and email messages were, also, sent to participants over a 4-week period. A pre- and post-test evaluation study design with quantitative and qualitative data was employed. The primary outcome of this feasibility pilot intervention was to reduce GPs' intention to provide medicines following the educational intervention, and its secondary outcomes included a reduction of prescribed edicines following the intervention, as well as an assessment of

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

FR - Pharmacology and apothecary chemistry

OECD FORD branch

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Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2014

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

BMC Family Practice

ISSN

1471-2296

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

15

Issue of the periodical within the volume

February

Country of publishing house

GB - UNITED KINGDOM

Number of pages

15

Pages from-to

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UT code for WoS article

000332076900001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

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