Long-Term Outcomes of a Health Information System-Based Feedback Intervention Study of Antimicrobial Prescriptions in Primary Care Institutions: Follow-Up of a Randomized Cross-Over Controlled Trial

Overview

Journal Infect Drug Resist

Publisher Dove Medical Press

Date 2025 Jan 13

PMID 39803305

Authors

Yuxing Yan

Junli Yang

Yun Lu

Zhezhe Cui

Yue Chang

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Abstract

Purpose: To evaluate the long-term impacts of the feedback intervention on controlling inappropriate use of antimicrobial prescriptions in primary care institutions in China, as a continuation of the previous feedback intervention trial.

Methods: After the intervention ended, we conducted a 12-month follow-up study. The prescription data were collected from the baseline until the end of the follow-up period. The generalized estimation equation was employed to analyze the differences among four representative time points: at the baseline point, at 3 months, at 6 months, and at 18 months. The time-intervention interaction was utilized to evaluate the changing trends of group A and group B. Our primary outcome variable is the monthly inappropriate antimicrobial prescription rate (IAPR).

Results: After adjusting for covariates, the IAPRs in group A decreased by 1.00% on average from the baseline point to the 3 months, 5.00% from the 3 months to the 6 months, -0.92% from the 6 months to the 18 months, and 0.39% from the baseline point to the 18 months. During the corresponding four periods in group B, the average decline was 2.33%, 3.67%, -0.42%, and 0.72%, respectively. As for antimicrobial prescription rates (APRs), the average decline for group A was 1.33%, 3.67%, and 0.17% during the three periods: from the baseline point to the 3 months, from the 3 months to the 6 months, and from the 6 months to the 18 months, respectively. Accordingly in group B, the average decline was 1.00%, 3.67%, and 0.08%, respectively.

Conclusion: Our feedback intervention generated limited long-term impacts. Although the IAPRs and the APRs consistently remained below the baseline point, both rates experienced a rebound within a certain range following the stop of the intervention in the two groups. It is reasonable to think that the desired effects will be difficult to maintain without sustained implementation of feedback intervention.

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