e-Bug PE GP Record Study
Research type
Research Study
Full title
e-Bug PE GP Record Study: Measuring antibiotic use in students participating in a peer-education study
IRAS ID
233158
Contact name
Behnaz Schofield
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
Cardiff University
Duration of Study in the UK
0 years, 8 months, 31 days
Research summary
There is a need to increase public understanding of antimicrobial resistance, and improve antibiotic use for infections. An existing research study (e-Bug PE School Evaluation Study) aims to explore the feasibility of conducting a Randomised Controlled Trial (RCT) to evaluate a peer education (PE) intervention to improve understanding and use of antibiotics in sixth form students (16-18 year olds). These students have been targeted in particular as they are at an age where they are beginning to self-care and are also high users of antibiotics. The school setting provides an ideal opportunity to embed knowledge about appropriate antibiotic use in the future generation. In PE, education is delivered by people who are close in age to learners, peer role models being “psychologically more attractive to learners”. PE has previously been used by university medical students and been shown to reduce self-reported antibiotic use.
The e-Bug PE School Evaluation Study will measure change in knowledge and self-reported antibiotic use following the intervention. However, the accuracy of self-reported behaviour is not validated by the e-Bug PE School Evaluation Study.
This is a proposal for an ‘add-on’ study to the e-Bug PE School Evaluation Study. The aim of this add-on study is to determine the feasibility of measuring antibiotic prescribing to school students who have been exposed to the e-Bug intervention. If feasible, the methodology of the e-Bug PE GP Record Study can be used to validate the accuracy of self-reported prescriptions data in a future randomised controlled trial.REC name
London - Camberwell St Giles Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
17/LO/1512
Date of REC Opinion
1 Sep 2017
REC opinion
Favourable Opinion