Authors
Sibyl Anthierens, Sarah Tonkin-Crine, Elaine Douglas, Patricia Fernandez-Vandellos, Jaroslaw Krawczyk, Carl Llor, Jochen WL Cals, Nick A Francis, Lucy Yardley, Samuel Coenen, Theo Verheij, Herman Goossens, Paul Little, GRACE INTRO study team
Publication date
2012/12
Journal
BMC family practice
Volume
13
Pages
1-9
Publisher
BioMed Central
Description
Background
Interventions to promote prudent antibiotic prescribing by general practitioners (GPs) have often only been developed for use in one country. We aimed to develop an intervention which would be appropriate to implement in multiple European countries in order to offer greater benefit to practice whilst using fewer resources. The INTRO (INternet TRaining for antibiOtic use) intervention needed to deliver training to GPs in the use of C-Reactive Protein (CRP) near patient tests to help diagnose acute cough and in communication skills to help explain prescribing decisions to patients. We explored GPs’ views on the initial version of INTRO to test acceptability and potentially increase applicability for use in multiple countries before the start of a randomised trial.
Method
30 GPs from five countries (Belgium, England, the Netherlands, Poland and …
Scholar articles
S Anthierens, S Tonkin-Crine, E Douglas… - BMC family practice, 2012