Association between guidelines and medical practitioners’ perception of best management for patients attending with an apparently uncomplicated acute sore throat: A cross-sectional survey in five countries

Creator/Principal investigator(s)

Ronny Gunnarsson - University of Gothenburg, Institute of Medicine orcid

Description

The aim was to investigate the relationship between guidelines and the medical practitioners’ perception of optimal care for patients attending with an apparently uncomplicated acute sore throat in five countries (Australia, Germany, Sweden, UK and USA).

Subject area

General Practice (The Swedish standard of fields of research 2011)

Keywords

Tonsillitis, Guideline, Practice Guideline, Guideline Adherence, Acute tonsillitis

Principal organisation

University of Gothenburg

Accessibility status

Access to data through SND
Data are freely accessible

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dataset/2020-06-26 --- Survey data set.csv (120.06 KB)
dataset/2020-06-26 --- Survey data set.sav (116.99 KB)
documents/Template for coding the survey.pdf (103.46 KB)
documents/Columns and labels.pdf (190.58 KB)

Responsible department/unit

University of Gothenburg, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg

Creator/Principal investigator(s)

Ronny Gunnarsson - University of Gothenburg, Institute of Medicine orcid

Identifiers

SND-ID: 2020-49

Description

The aim was to investigate the relationship between guidelines and the medical practitioners’ perception of optimal care for patients attending with an apparently uncomplicated acute sore throat in five countries (Australia, Germany, Sweden, UK and USA).

Language

English

Time period(s) investigated

2018-01-01 — 2019-04-30

Geographic spread

Geographic location: Sweden, Australia, United Kingdom, Germany, United States

Lowest geographic unit

Country

Highest geographic unit

Country

Unit of analysis

Population

Medical practitioners working in general practice / family medicine

Study design

Cross-sectional study

Sampling procedure

Non-probability: Availability

Ethics Review

Other — Ref. (University of Georgia Institutional Review Board)

Other — Ref. 58742 (Health Science Faculty Research Ethics Committee, Bristol University)

Other — Ref. H6993 (The Human Research Ethics Committee at James Cook University)

Other — Ref. D 576/17 (Ethik-Komission der Medizinischen Fakultät der Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel),

Gothenburg — Ref. 401-18

Funding

Local Research and Development Council, Södra Älvsborg, Sweden — Ref. VGFOUSA-772171 and VGFOUSA-804631

Subject area

General Practice (The Swedish standard of fields of research 2011)

Keywords

Tonsillitis, Guideline, Practice Guideline, Guideline Adherence, Acute tonsillitis

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Publications

Gunnarsson R, Ebell MH, Wächtler H, et al. Association between guidelines and medical practitioners’ perception of best management for patients attending with an apparently uncomplicated acute sore throat: a cross-sectional survey in five countries. BMJ Open 2020;10:e037884.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-037884

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Version 1

2020-08-14
https://doi.org/10.5878/45kw-6408

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dataset/2020-06-26 --- Survey data set.csv (120.06 KB)
dataset/2020-06-26 --- Survey data set.sav (116.99 KB)
documents/Template for coding the survey.pdf (103.46 KB)
documents/Columns and labels.pdf (190.58 KB)

Association between guidelines and medical practitioners’ perception of best management for patients attending with an apparently uncomplicated acute sore throat: A cross-sectional survey in five countries

Suggested citation

Ronny Gunnarsson. University of Gothenburg, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg (2020). <em>Association between guidelines and medical practitioners’ perception of best management for patients attending with an apparently uncomplicated acute sore throat: A cross-sectional survey in five countries</em>. Swedish National Data Service. Version 1. <a href="https://doi.org/10.5878/45kw-6408">https://doi.org/10.5878/45kw-6408</a>

Creator/Principal investigator(s)

Ronny Gunnarsson - University of Gothenburg, Institute of Medicine orcid

Description

Raw data are uploaded as an SPSS file as well as .csv. Descriptive labels and descriptions of values are found within the data file and in the PDF documentation. A scanned survey sheet is also provided along with notes on how it was coded at data entry.

Keywords

Tonsillitis, Guideline, Practice Guideline, Guideline Adherence, Acute tonsillitis

Data format / data structure

Numeric

Text

Data collection

Mode of collection: Self-administered questionnaire

Time period(s) for data collection: 2018-01-01 — 2019-04-30

Data collector: Multiple organisations

Source of the data: Forskningsdata: Opublicerade

Time period(s) investigated

2018-01-01 — 2019-04-30

Variables

67

Number of individuals/objects

713

Published: 2020-08-14
Last updated: 2020-10-01