Objectives | Outcome measures | Time point(s) of evaluation of this outcome measure |
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Number of re-consultations to primary and secondary care and number of complications regarding the ALRTI | Re-consultation for new or worsening symptoms, new signs, or hospital admission, assessed by review of medical notes (practice staff, the local study team, or both using a standard form to report these data), and number of complications regarding the ALRTI | First 6 weeks post-randomisation |
Duration of moderate to severe symptoms | Number of days until the last day any of the symptoms is rated 3 or more. Symptoms will be rated daily as 0 (no problem) to 6 (as bad as it could be) until they resolve, and the information will be reported by patients in self-completed diaries. | First 6 weeks post-randomisation |
Antibiotic prescription at the baseline visit, differentiating immediate and delayed antibiotic prescribing, and antibiotic dispensing at the pharmacies | Reported in the CRF. The number of patients treated with immediate and delayed antibiotic prescribing will be evaluated. Dispensing of the antibiotics at the pharmacies. | Baseline visit. The dispensing of antibiotics will be tracked in the first 6 weeks post-randomisation. |
Drugs other than antibiotics | Reported by patients in self-completed diaries | First 6 weeks post-randomisation |
Tests ordered by clinicians | Reported in the CRF | Baseline visit |
Patient satisfaction with care | Reported in the symptom diaries | First 6 weeks post-randomisation |
Patient perception of the usefulness of the information received | Collected in the symptom diaries | First 6 weeks post-randomisation |
Patient future consulting intentions | Collected in the symptom diaries | First 6 weeks post-randomisation |
Serious adverse events | Assessed by review of medical notes (practice staff, the local study team, or both using a standard form to report these data) | First 6 weeks post-randomisation |
Number of days of sick leave (absenteeism) | Collected in the CRFs | First 6 weeks post-randomisation |