Use of a pilot drug information centre.

Introduction: Provision of access to drug information by prescribers and other health care professionals is important in pharmacotherapy. At the time of this study there was very scanty literature in this area from Africa.

Objective: To assess use of a pilot drug information centre (DIC) which was set up in a department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics in a university teaching hospital in Uganda.

Can a multifaceted educational intervention targeting both nurses and physicians change the prescribing of antibiotics to nursing home residents? A cluster randomized controlled trial.

Objectives: To assess the impact of a multifaceted educational intervention concerning treatment of infections in the nursing home setting.

Methods: We used a cluster randomized controlled trial. Fifty-eight nursing homes in Sweden were randomly assigned either to educational intervention or control.

Adverse drug reactions in patients admitted on internal medicine wards in a district and regional hospital in Uganda.

Introduction: The burden of both community and hospital acquired adverse drug reactions (ADRs) are some of the important issues in pharmacotherapy. At the time of this study there was very scanty literature in this area from Africa.

Objective: This study was done to determine the frequency and characteristics of ADRs in patients admitted on medical wards in public hospitals.

A survey of public knowledge and awareness related to antibiotic use and resistance in Sweden.

Objectives: To examine the level of knowledge about antibiotic treatment and awareness of antibiotic resistance among the general public in Sweden.

Methods: A quantitative, cross-sectional interview study based on a structured questionnaire used during telephone interviews. The sample comprised 1000 randomly selected individuals aged 21-80 years throughout Sweden.

Can incentives undermine intrinsic motivation to participate in epidemiologic surveys?

Response rates to surveys are decreasing. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the use of lottery tickets as incentives in an epidemiologic control group. A self-administered questionnaire was sent to parents in the municipality of Stockholm, Sweden, who were to be used as a control group in a study addressing stress in parents of children with cancer.