Clinical Trial: Metaphors to Enhance Antibiotic Appropriate Use Knowledge and Behaviours to Reduce Educational Disparities

U.S., Jan. 21 -- ClinicalTrials.gov registry received information related to the study (NCT07352371) titled 'Metaphors to Enhance Antibiotic Appropriate Use Knowledge and Behaviours to Reduce Educational Disparities' on Jan. 11.

Brief Summary: A randomized controlled survey experiment was conducted from October to November 2024 to assess the effectiveness of metaphor-based health education in improving Chinese parents' knowledge and behavioural intentions regarding appropriate antibiotic use. A total of 866 parents from two Chinese provinces were randomly assigned to either a metaphorical message group (n = 432) or a conventional message group (n = 434). Metaphors included comparing antimicrobial resistance (AMR) to insect resistance to pe...