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Improving Antibiotic Stewardship for Children With Respiratory Illness Presenting to Village Health Workers in Uganda (STAR)
This is a stepped wedge, cluster randomized study of a clinical algorithm that includes point-of-care C-reactive protein testing to inform antibiotic treatment decisions by village health workers for children presenting with acute respiratory illness in the Bugoye sub-county of the Kasese District in southwestern Uganda. The purpose of this study is to assess the impact of the algorithm on antibiotic use.
Details
| Lead sponsor | University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill |
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| Phase | NA |
| Status | COMPLETED |
| Enrolment | 1280 |
| Start date | Tue Nov 02 2021 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) |
| Completion | Mon May 30 2022 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) |
Conditions
- Respiratory Infections in Children
Interventions
- STAR Sick Child Job Aid
Countries
Uganda