Trial reportJournal of general internal medicine2013
Impact of information leaflets on behavior of patients with gastroenteritis or tonsillitis: a cluster randomized trial in French primary care.
Trial report in Journal of general internal medicine, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT02246361 (Impact of Six Patient Information Leaflets), which is not on this map. Cited by 9 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Impact of Six Patient Information Leaflets (PIL) on Doctor Patient Communication and Adherence in Emergency Ward
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 27 citations in OpenAlex.
- Effectiveness of safety-netting approaches for acutely ill children: a network meta-analysis.The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners · 2025Pooled it
- How best to use and evaluate Patient Information Leaflets given during a consultation: a systematic review of literature reviews.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2017Pooled it
- Written information for patients (or parents of child patients) to reduce the use of antibiotics for acute upper respiratory tract infections in primary care.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2016Pooled it
- Patient information leaflets to reduce antibiotic use and reconsultation rates in general practice: a systematic review.BMJ open · 2015Pooled it
- Assessment of Written Patient Information Pertaining to Cirrhosis and Its Complications: A Pilot Study.Journal of patient experience · 2020Article
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- Survey of outpatients' use and needs of patient medicine information leaflets in Thailand.International journal of clinical pharmacy · 2019Article
- Evaluating a knowledge translation tool for parents about pediatric acute gastroenteritis: a pilot randomized trial.Pilot and feasibility studies · 2018Article
- Knowledge translation tools for parents on child health topics: a scoping review.BMC health services research · 2017Article
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9 authors at 6 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
objectiveTo assess the impact of four patient information leaflets on patients' behavior in primary care.
designCluster randomized multicenter controlled trial between November 2009 and January 2011.
participantsFrench adults and children consulting a participating primary care physician and diagnosed with gastroenteritis or tonsillitis. Patients were randomized to receive patient information leaflets or not, according to the cluster randomization of their primary care physician.
interventionAdult patients or adults accompanying a child diagnosed with gastroenteritis or tonsillitis were informed of the study. Physicians in the intervention group gave patients an information leaflet about their condition. Two weeks after the consultation patients (or their accompanying adult) answered a telephone questionnaire on their behavior and knowledge about the condition. MAIN MEASURES: The main and secondary outcomes, mean behavior and knowledge scores respectively, were calculated from the replies to this questionnaire.
resultsTwenty-four physicians included 400 patients. Twelve patients were lost to follow-up (3 %). In the group that received the patient information leaflet, patient behavior was closer to that recommended by the guidelines than in the control group (mean behavior score 4.9 versus 4.2, p < 0.01). Knowledge was better for adults receiving the leaflet than in the control group (mean knowledge score 4.2 versus 3.6, p < 0.01). There were fewer visits for the same symptoms by household members of patients given leaflets (23.4 % vs. 56.2 %, p < 0.01).
conclusionPatient information leaflets given by the physician during the consultation significantly modify the patient's behavior and knowledge of the disease, compared with patients not receiving the leaflets, for the conditions studied.
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