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dc.contributor.advisorBennett, Kathleen
dc.contributor.authorNaughton, Corina
dc.date.accessioned2016-12-01T13:38:32Z
dc.date.available2016-12-01T13:38:32Z
dc.date.issued2008
dc.identifier.citationCorina Naughton, 'A cluster randomised trial of educational interventions to promote rational prescribing in primary care', [thesis], Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Medicine. Discipline of Pharmacology & Therapeutics, 2008, pp 333
dc.identifier.otherTHESIS 8539
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2262/78117
dc.description.abstractA randomised controlled trial (RCT) was used to evaluate the effectiveness of individualised GP prescribing feedback delivered as a postal bulletin (PB, n=50 practices) compared to PB plus academic detailing visits (AD, n=48 practices), in promoting ratbnal prescribing among a volunteer group of Irish GPs. The background changes in prescribing were examined using a quasi-experimental design, where prescribing practice from participant GPs (n=110) was compared to those GPs who declined to participant in the study i.e. non-participant GPs (NP, n=190). The aims of the interventions were to: (1) reduce the rate of overall antibiotic prescribing, (2) reduce second line antibiotic prescribing (co- amoxiclav & cephalosporins), (3) promote generic substitution for five targeted drugs and (4) increase prescribing of preventive therapies i.e. antiplatelet, statins and antihypertensive therapy in patients with established cardiovascular disease (CVD) or diabetes. The interventions consisted of two separate postal bulletins with the associated academic detailing visits over a six month period (March 2005 to August 2005). The academic detailing visits consisted of a ten minute powerpoint presentation reiterating the message in the postal bulletin and discussion with the GP.
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dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherTrinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Medicine. Discipline of Pharmacology & Therapeutics
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dc.subjectPharmacology Pharmacy, Ph.D.
dc.subjectPh.D. Trinity College Dublin
dc.titleA cluster randomised trial of educational interventions to promote rational prescribing in primary care
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dc.type.supercollectionthesis_dissertations
dc.type.supercollectionrefereed_publications
dc.type.qualificationlevelDoctoral
dc.type.qualificationnameDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
dc.rights.ecaccessrightsopenAccess
dc.format.extentpaginationpp 333
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