A theory-based electronic learning intervention to support appropriate antibiotic prescribing by nurses and pharmacists: intervention development and feasibility study protocol

Courtenay, Molly ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8639-5917, Lim, Rosemary, Deslandes, Rhian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2727-1797, Ferriday, Rebecca, GIllespie, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6934-2928, Hodson, Karen ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9739-5445, Reid, Nicholas, Thomas, Neil and Chater, Angel 2019. A theory-based electronic learning intervention to support appropriate antibiotic prescribing by nurses and pharmacists: intervention development and feasibility study protocol. BMJ Open 9 (8) , e028326. 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-028326

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Abstract

Introduction Nurse and pharmacist independent prescribers manage patients with respiratory tract infections and are responsible for around 8% of all primary care antibiotic prescriptions. A range of factors influence the prescribing behaviour of these professionals, however, there are no interventions available specifically to support appropriate antibiotic prescribing behaviour by these groups. The aims of this paper are to describe (1) the development of an intervention to support appropriate antibiotic prescribing by nurse and pharmacist independent prescribers and (2) an acceptability and feasibility study designed to test its implementation with these prescribers. Method and analysis Development of intervention: a three-stage, eight-step method was used to identify relevant determinants of behaviour change and intervention components based on the Behaviour Change Wheel. The intervention is an online resource comprising underpinning knowledge and an interactive animation with a variety of open and closed questions to assess understanding. Acceptability and feasibility of intervention: nurse and pharmacist prescribers (n=12–15) will use the intervention. Evaluation includes semi-structured interviews to capture information about how the user reacts to the design, delivery and content of the intervention and influences on understanding and engagement, and a pre-post survey to assess participants’ perceptions of the impact of the intervention on knowledge, confidence and usefulness in terms of application to practice. Taking an initial inductive approach, data from interview transcripts will be coded and then analysed to derive themes. These themes will then be deductively mapped to the Capability, Opportunity, Motivation-Behaviour model. Descriptive statistics will be used to analyse the survey data, and trends identified. Ethics and dissemination Ethical approval for the study has been provided by the School of Healthcare Sciences Research Governance and Ethics Committee, Cardiff University. The findings will be disseminated via publication in peer-reviewed journals and through conference presentations.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Healthcare Sciences Medicine Pharmacy
Publisher:	BMJ Publishing Group
ISSN:	2044-6055
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	6 August 2019
Date of Acceptance:	9 July 2019
Last Modified:	23 Jun 2024 07:03
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/124750

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