Reducing antibiotic duration for acute otitis media: clinician, administrator, and parental insights to inform implementation of system-level interventions
Abstract Objective: This qualitative study aimed to understand facilitators and barriers to implementation of interventions to improve guideline-concordant antibiotic duration prescribing for pediatric acute otitis media (AOM). Design: Clinicians and clinic administrators participated in semi-st...
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Abstract
Objective:
This qualitative study aimed to understand facilitators and barriers to implementation of interventions to improve guideline-concordant antibiotic duration prescribing for pediatric acute otitis media (AOM).
Design:
Clinicians and clinic administrators participated in semi-structured qualitative interviews, and parents of children 2 years of age or older with a recent diagnosis of AOM participated in focus groups. The Practical Robust Implementation and Sustainability Model (PRISM) guided the study. Interviews were analyzed using the Rapid Assessment Process.
Setting:
Denver Health and Hospital Authority (Denver, CO) led the study. Recruitment occurred at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (Nashville, TN) and Washington University in St. Louis Medical Center (St. Louis, MO).
Participants:
Purposeful sampling was used to recruit clinicians and administrators for qualitative interviews. Convenience sampling was used to recruit parents for focus groups.
Results:
Thirty-one participants (15 clinicians, 4 administrators, and 12 parents) engaged in interviews and focus groups. Factors influencing antibiotic prescribing included patient history, years of practice, familiarity with the patient, concerns with patient medication adherence, and practice type. Clinicians endorsed electronic health record modifications and clinician prescribing feedback as methods to improve patient care and reduce the durations of prescribed antibiotics. Suggestions for intervention optimization and education needs were also obtained.
Conclusions:
Findings suggest that clinicians and administrators support reducing prescribed antibiotic durations for AOM and are receptive to the proposed interventions. More education is needed to increase parent awareness about antibiotic stewardship and AOM treatment options.
Clinical trials identifier:
RELAX: Reducing Length of Antibiotics for Children with Ear Infections (RELAX), NCT05608993, https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT05608993.
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| spelling | doaj-art-c8e3485a210d4260982a0db03687c3a32025-01-16T21:50:15ZengCambridge University PressAntimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology2732-494X2025-01-01510.1017/ash.2024.469Reducing antibiotic duration for acute otitis media: clinician, administrator, and parental insights to inform implementation of system-level interventionsDeborah J. Rinehart0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3002-8875Aiden Gilbert1https://orcid.org/0009-0008-5002-3602Sonja O’Leary2https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7389-228XSophie E. Katz3https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4611-6861Holly M. Frost4https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3016-3287Center for Health Systems Research, Office of Research, Denver Health and Hospital Authority, Denver, CO, USA Division of General Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USACenter for Health Systems Research, Office of Research, Denver Health and Hospital Authority, Denver, CO, USADepartment of General Pediatrics, Denver Health Medical Center, Denver, CO, USA Department of General Pediatrics, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, USADivision of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USACenter for Health Systems Research, Office of Research, Denver Health and Hospital Authority, Denver, CO, USA Department of General Pediatrics, Denver Health Medical Center, Denver, CO, USA Department of General Pediatrics, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, USA Abstract Objective: This qualitative study aimed to understand facilitators and barriers to implementation of interventions to improve guideline-concordant antibiotic duration prescribing for pediatric acute otitis media (AOM). Design: Clinicians and clinic administrators participated in semi-structured qualitative interviews, and parents of children 2 years of age or older with a recent diagnosis of AOM participated in focus groups. The Practical Robust Implementation and Sustainability Model (PRISM) guided the study. Interviews were analyzed using the Rapid Assessment Process. Setting: Denver Health and Hospital Authority (Denver, CO) led the study. Recruitment occurred at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (Nashville, TN) and Washington University in St. Louis Medical Center (St. Louis, MO). Participants: Purposeful sampling was used to recruit clinicians and administrators for qualitative interviews. Convenience sampling was used to recruit parents for focus groups. Results: Thirty-one participants (15 clinicians, 4 administrators, and 12 parents) engaged in interviews and focus groups. Factors influencing antibiotic prescribing included patient history, years of practice, familiarity with the patient, concerns with patient medication adherence, and practice type. Clinicians endorsed electronic health record modifications and clinician prescribing feedback as methods to improve patient care and reduce the durations of prescribed antibiotics. Suggestions for intervention optimization and education needs were also obtained. Conclusions: Findings suggest that clinicians and administrators support reducing prescribed antibiotic durations for AOM and are receptive to the proposed interventions. More education is needed to increase parent awareness about antibiotic stewardship and AOM treatment options. Clinical trials identifier: RELAX: Reducing Length of Antibiotics for Children with Ear Infections (RELAX), NCT05608993, https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT05608993. https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2732494X24004698/type/journal_article |
| spellingShingle | Deborah J. Rinehart Aiden Gilbert Sonja O’Leary Sophie E. Katz Holly M. Frost Reducing antibiotic duration for acute otitis media: clinician, administrator, and parental insights to inform implementation of system-level interventions Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology |
| title | Reducing antibiotic duration for acute otitis media: clinician, administrator, and parental insights to inform implementation of system-level interventions |
| title_full | Reducing antibiotic duration for acute otitis media: clinician, administrator, and parental insights to inform implementation of system-level interventions |
| title_fullStr | Reducing antibiotic duration for acute otitis media: clinician, administrator, and parental insights to inform implementation of system-level interventions |
| title_full_unstemmed | Reducing antibiotic duration for acute otitis media: clinician, administrator, and parental insights to inform implementation of system-level interventions |
| title_short | Reducing antibiotic duration for acute otitis media: clinician, administrator, and parental insights to inform implementation of system-level interventions |
| title_sort | reducing antibiotic duration for acute otitis media clinician administrator and parental insights to inform implementation of system level interventions |
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