Longer Time Spent for Patient in Outpatient Setting is Associated with Lower Antibiotic Prescription
Introduction: In order to guide the improvement in the national judicious antibiotic use policy, the socio-cultural, socio-demographic, and cognitive factors that may potentially influence the prescribing habits of pediatricians, family physicians and general practitioners to upper respiratory tract...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Galenos Publishing House
2013-08-01
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| Series: | Güncel Pediatri |
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| Online Access: | http://www.guncelpediatri.com/eng/makale/3224/105/Full-Text |
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| Summary: | Introduction: In order to guide the improvement in the national judicious antibiotic use policy, the socio-cultural, socio-demographic, and cognitive factors that may potentially influence the prescribing habits of pediatricians, family physicians and general practitioners to upper respiratory tract infections in children were investigated.Materials and Methods: After receiving approval from ethic committee, questionnaire was sent to 7421 physicians who had been practicing in the different regions of the country. Responses obtained from 1477 of them were evaluated by multivariate analysis to demonstrate independent effect of each factor influencing the prescribing habits.Results: Our results have shown that being a pediatrician, working in medical school, and spending enough time for physical examination were independently associated with less antibiotic prescription. Family physicians and general practitioners were more likely to prescribe antibiotics for viral upper respiratory infections in children.Conclusions: The most important modifying factors about antibiotic prescription habits for upper respiratory tract infections in children were physical examination period and quality of education. (Journal of Current Pediatrics 2013;11:45-50) |
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| ISSN: | 1304-9054 |