Evaluation of phenoxymethylpenicillin treatment of acute otitis media in children aged 2–16

Neumark, Thomas; Mölstad, Sigvard; Rosén, Christer; Persson, Lars-Göran; Törngren, Annika; Brudin, Lars; Eliasson, Ingvar

doi:10.1080/02813430701267405

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“…The proportion of parents staying home from a paid job (57%) is highly comparable to a study in Kalmar County (53-56%) [19]. The median hours of work loss do differ however.…”

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confidence: 67%

Use of medical resources and indirect costs of otitis media in Sweden

Speets¹,

Wolleswinkel²,

Forsgren

et al. 2011

Scand J Public Health

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“…The proportion of parents staying home from a paid job (57%) is highly comparable to a study in Kalmar County (53-56%) [19]. The median hours of work loss do differ however.…”

Section: Productivity Losssupporting

confidence: 67%

Use of medical resources and indirect costs of otitis media in Sweden

Speets¹,

Wolleswinkel²,

Forsgren

et al. 2011

Scand J Public Health

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“…However, the new guidelines do not appear to have been implemented in the year 2000 in Kalmar County, since a decline in frequency was first noted only for the season 2003Á2004 (see Table I). Instead, the decline coincided with a randomized study on AOM in the county [27] including information to all GPs and the media.…”

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confidence: 93%

Trends in number of consultations and antibiotic prescriptions for respiratory tract infections between 1999 and 2005 in primary healthcare in Kalmar County, Southern Sweden

Neumark

Brudin²,

Engström

et al. 2009

Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care

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“…Irrational use of antibiotics is considered to contribute unnecessarily to increasing the rate of resistance [2]. Studies show that it is possible to decrease antibiotic prescribing [3,4]. However, more efforts are needed to implement changes [5–7].…”

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Awareness of antibiotic resistance and antibiotic prescribing in UTI treatment: A qualitative study among primary care physicians in Sweden

Björkman

Berg

Viberg

et al. 2013

Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care

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Objectives. To improve education and information for general practitioners in relation to rational antibiotic prescribing for urinary tract infection (UTI), it is important to be aware of GPs’ views of resistance and how it influences their choice of UTI treatment. The aim of this study was to explore variations in views of resistance and UTI treatment decisions among general practitioners (GPs) in a county in Sweden. Design. Qualitative, semi-structured interviews were analysed with a phenomenographic approach and content analysis. Setting. Primary care in Kronoberg, a county in southern Sweden. Subjects. A purposeful sample of 20 GPs from 15 of 25 health centres in the county. Main outcome measures. The variation of perceptions of antibiotic resistance in UTI treatment. How UTIs were treated according to the GPs. Results. Three different ways of viewing resistance in UTI treatment were identified. These were: (A) No problem, I have never seen resistance, (B) The problem is bigger somewhere else, and (C) The development of antibiotic resistance is serious and we must be careful. Moreover, GPs’ perceptions of antibiotic resistance were mirrored in how they reported their treatment of UTIs in practice. Conclusion. There was a hierarchal scale of how GPs viewed resistance as an issue in UTI treatment. Only GPs who expressed concerns about resistance followed prescribing guidelines completely. This offers valuable insights into the planning and most likely the outcome of awareness or educational activities aimed at changed antibiotic prescribing behaviour.

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Evaluation of phenoxymethylpenicillin treatment of acute otitis media in children aged 2–16

Abstract: Our investigation supports that PcV treatment of AOM does not affect the recovery time or complication rates. PcV provided some symptomatic benefit in the treatment of AOM in otherwise healthy children, aged 2-16 years.

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Use of medical resources and indirect costs of otitis media in Sweden

Use of medical resources and indirect costs of otitis media in Sweden

Trends in number of consultations and antibiotic prescriptions for respiratory tract infections between 1999 and 2005 in primary healthcare in Kalmar County, Southern Sweden

Awareness of antibiotic resistance and antibiotic prescribing in UTI treatment: A qualitative study among primary care physicians in Sweden

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