The CHICO (Children's Cough) Trial protocol: A feasibility randomized controlled trial investigating the clinical and cost-effectiveness of a complex intervention to improve the management of children presenting to primary care with acute respiratory tract infection

BMJ Open

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2015, Pages

  Turnbull, Sophie L ^a   Redmond, Niamh M ^a   Lucas, Patricia ^a   Cabral, Christie ^a   Ingram, Jenny ^b   Hollinghurst, Sandra ^a   Hay, Alastair D ^a   Peters, Tim J ^a   Horwood, Jeremy ^a   Little, Paul ^c   Francis, Nick ^d   Blair, Peter S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Barley House Group   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^d CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COUGHING; DEMOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PARENT; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SAMPLE SIZE; SYMPTOM; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); UNITED KINGDOM; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COUGH; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; ENGLAND; FEMALE; INFANT; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROCEDURES; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COUGH; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PARENTS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84948133969     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-008615     Document Type: Article

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