“…A dominant theme, identified in the majority of the studies, was the variation in parental knowledge, attitudes and practices on antibiotic use and misuse in children with upper respiratory tract infections (URTIs) (Agarwal et al., ; Al‐Dossari, ; Alili‐Idrizi et al., ; Alkhaldi et al., ; Brookes‐Howell et al., ; Chan & Tang, ; Chinnasami et al., ; Ecker et al., ; Farha, Suyagh, Alsakran, Alsous, & Alefishat, ; Finkelstein et al., ; Panagakou et al., ; Rousounidis et al., ; Salazar et al., ; Wun et al., ; Yu et al., ; Zyoud et al., ). In fifteen studies, the levels of education were cited as significant to parents' knowledge (Agarwal et al., ; Al‐Dossari, ; Alili‐Idrizi et al., ; Alkhaldi et al., ; Chan & Tang, ; Chinnasami et al., ; Dwibedi et al., ; Ecker et al., ; Farha et al., ; Panagakou et al., ; Rousounidis et al., ; Salazar et al., ; Salonga, ; Vaz et al., ; Yu et al., ).…”