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Paper-based and web-based intervention modeling experiments identified the same predictors of general practitioners' antibiotic-prescribing behavior.
- Source :
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Journal of Clinical Epidemiology . 2014, Vol. 67 Issue 3, p296-304. 9p. - Publication Year :
- 2014
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Abstract
- Objectives: To evaluate the robustness of the intervention modeling experiment (IME) methodology as a way of developing and testing behavioral change interventions before a full-scale trial by replicating an earlier paper-based IME. Study Design and Setting: Web-based questionnaire and clinical scenario study. General practitioners across Scotland were invited to complete the questionnaire and scenarios, which were then used to identify predictors of antibiotic-prescribing behavior. These predictors were compared with the predictors identified in an earlier paper-based IME and used to develop a new intervention. Results: Two hundred seventy general practitioners completed the questionnaires and scenarios. The constructs that predicted simulated behavior and intention were attitude, perceived behavioral control, risk perception/anticipated consequences, and self-efficacy, which match the targets identified in the earlier paper-based IME. The choice of persuasive communication as an intervention in the earlier IME was also confirmed. Additionally, a new intervention, an action plan, was developed. Conclusion: A web-based IME replicated the findings of an earlier paper-based IME, which provides confidence in the IME methodology. The interventions will now be evaluated in the next stage of the IME, a web-based randomized controlled trial. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 08954356
- Volume :
- 67
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 94084403
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinepi.2013.09.015