Alleged Drug Allergies in Military General Medicine: Patients' Experiences and Beliefs

NCT06112470 | Unknown

• 1 other identifier: 2022PPRC02
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 20
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

This study focuses on the experience of the military patient reporting a suspected drug allergy, with its own specificities. Suspicions of drug allergies during a mission expose the doctor to difficulties. This study will improve understanding of the allergy patient's point of view. The end result could be a set of ideas for measures to raise awareness among these patients, and motivate them to undergo an allergological assessment.

Conditions

Allergy Penicillin

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Patients' experiences of drug allergies

  describe patients' experiences, perceptions, beliefs and knowledge of drug allergies in general practice in the army

  Through study completion (12 months)

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Patients' obstacles

  Through study completion (12 months)

Study Arms (1)

Interview

Monocentric qualitative study with a descriptive socio-demographic section, a descriptive qualitative section on the experience and perception of allergy, then on the obstacles to allergological assessment, and finally a descriptive quantitative section to evaluate knowledge of antibiotic therapy.

Other: Interview

Interventions

Interview OTHER

Semi-structured interview on experiences, perceptions, beliefs and knowledge of drug allergy and barriers to allergological testing, with a view to content analysis.

Interview

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 60 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)
• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Military personnel reporting a drug allergy to antibiotics

You may qualify if:

• Military personnel (active or reservist)
• Reporting a drug allergy during a periodic medical check-up or during a consultation in a medical unit
• Not opposed to participating in the study.

You may not qualify if:

• Candidate on admission visit
• Opposition to study
• Minor (under 18 years of age)
• Pregnant, parturient or breast-feeding woman
• Person deprived of liberty by a judicial or administrative decision, person under psychiatric care
• Non-French nationals
• Person of full age subject to a legal protection measure
• Person unable to express non-opposition

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Direction Centrale du Service de Santé des Armées: lead

Study Sites (1)

15ème antenne médicale - Camp des Matelots

Versailles, 78013, France

RECRUITING

MeSH Terms

Interventions

Interviews as Topic

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Data Collection; Epidemiologic Methods; Investigative Techniques; Health Care Evaluation Mechanisms; Quality of Health Care; Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation; Public Health; Environment and Public Health

Central Study Contacts

BLANCHET

CONTACT

01.39.67.60.54; marie-laure.blanchet@intradef.gouv.fr

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: COHORT
• Time Perspective: PROSPECTIVE
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: October 26, 2023
• First Posted: November 1, 2023
• Study Start: February 28, 2023
• Primary Completion: February 1, 2024
• Study Completion: March 1, 2024
• Last Updated: November 1, 2023

Record last verified: 2023-10

Locations

FR (1)