Short-Term Use of Antibiotics and Adherence Level: A Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial
Abstract
Objectives: To evaluate the impact of educational intervention on antibiotic short-term adherence .
Methods: A prospective randomized controlled study was conducted in a tertiary hospital in Jordan. Adult patients who had an acute infection diagnosis and were prescribed antibiotic pills for short term (\< 30 day) at home were included in the study. Patients were recruited and randomly allocated into one of the two groups; control and intervention. Each patient in the intervention group was provided with pharmaceutical education about prescribed antibiotic.
Conditions: Acute Infection.
Primary outcome: Adherence to short-term antibiotic - measured by subjective (questions) and objective (counting remaining pills) methods..
Enrollment: 589 participants.
How strong is the evidence?
Evidence Hub reads this as a randomized trial, done in people. Its evidence level is 2 of 5 (High · randomized trial). Randomized trials of a reasonable size are the strongest single-study design. Reported size: 589 participants or records.
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