Interventions to improve antibiotic prescribing practices in ambulatory care

Interventions to reduce childhood antibiotic prescribing for upper respiratory infections: systematic review and meta-analysis

“…Both concluded that multifaceted interventions can reduce antibiotic use; however, providing printed materials and targeting only parents had limited effects, our results had a low OR suggesting a strong effect, but this results failed to achieve statistical significance. A review conducted by Thoolen showed that education to decrease inappropriate antibiotic use was not effective despite increased patient knowledge, which is contrary to the findings from Arnold and Straus8 and our analysis. We found that the pooled OR for targeting parents was 0.50, though it was statistically insignificant with a higher I 2 .…”

Interventions to reduce childhood antibiotic prescribing for upper respiratory infections: systematic review and meta-analysis

“…Both concluded that multifaceted interventions can reduce antibiotic use; however, providing printed materials and targeting only parents had limited effects, our results had a low OR suggesting a strong effect, but this results failed to achieve statistical significance. A review conducted by Thoolen showed that education to decrease inappropriate antibiotic use was not effective despite increased patient knowledge, which is contrary to the findings from Arnold and Straus8 and our analysis. We found that the pooled OR for targeting parents was 0.50, though it was statistically insignificant with a higher I 2 .…”

Pharmacist Involvement to Decrease Drug-Related Problems Among Geriatric Patients in Indonesian Primary Health Centers

“…These results were consistent with Arnold and Straus [30] who asserted that learning with interactive meetings is more effective than didactic learning. In that study, the use of written learning material caused only a slight or no change in prescribing associated with excessive use of antibiotics for viral infections, appropriate antibiotic selection, and duration of antibiotic use.…”

Training family physicians in shared decision making for the use of antibiotics for acute respiratory infections: a pilot clustered randomized controlled trial

“…These two studies showed that FPs trained in communication skills and patient‐centered care prescribed less antibiotics than did FPs without such training, and that prescription rates and absolute use dropped within the ranges observed in our trial. Our observations are also congruent with the conclusions of a Cochrane review on the effectiveness of interventions to improve the use of antibiotics for ARIs in ambulatory settings 44 . Patient‐mediated interventions and physician reminders were found to be potentially effective methods deserving further study 44 .…”

“…Our observations are also congruent with the conclusions of a Cochrane review on the effectiveness of interventions to improve the use of antibiotics for ARIs in ambulatory settings 44 . Patient‐mediated interventions and physician reminders were found to be potentially effective methods deserving further study 44 . Finally, although DECISION+ trained physicians in SDM and gave them tools to conduct SDM with their patients, we realized that it would be important that the next trial assess patients’ exposure to these tools.…”

Interventions to reduce childhood antibiotic prescribing for upper respiratory infections: systematic review and meta-analysis

“…Both concluded that multifaceted interventions can reduce antibiotic use; however, providing printed materials and targeting only parents had limited effects, our results had a low OR suggesting a strong effect, but this results failed to achieve statistical significance. A review conducted by Thoolen showed that education to decrease inappropriate antibiotic use was not effective despite increased patient knowledge, which is contrary to the findings from Arnold and Straus8 and our analysis. We found that the pooled OR for targeting parents was 0.50, though it was statistically insignificant with a higher I 2 .…”

Pharmacist Involvement to Decrease Drug-Related Problems Among Geriatric Patients in Indonesian Primary Health Centers

“…These results were consistent with Arnold and Straus [30] who asserted that learning with interactive meetings is more effective than didactic learning. In that study, the use of written learning material caused only a slight or no change in prescribing associated with excessive use of antibiotics for viral infections, appropriate antibiotic selection, and duration of antibiotic use.…”

Training family physicians in shared decision making for the use of antibiotics for acute respiratory infections: a pilot clustered randomized controlled trial

“…These two studies showed that FPs trained in communication skills and patient‐centered care prescribed less antibiotics than did FPs without such training, and that prescription rates and absolute use dropped within the ranges observed in our trial. Our observations are also congruent with the conclusions of a Cochrane review on the effectiveness of interventions to improve the use of antibiotics for ARIs in ambulatory settings 44 . Patient‐mediated interventions and physician reminders were found to be potentially effective methods deserving further study 44 .…”

“…Our observations are also congruent with the conclusions of a Cochrane review on the effectiveness of interventions to improve the use of antibiotics for ARIs in ambulatory settings 44 . Patient‐mediated interventions and physician reminders were found to be potentially effective methods deserving further study 44 . Finally, although DECISION+ trained physicians in SDM and gave them tools to conduct SDM with their patients, we realized that it would be important that the next trial assess patients’ exposure to these tools.…”

Interventions to reduce childhood antibiotic prescribing for upper respiratory infections: systematic review and meta-analysis

“…Both concluded that multifaceted interventions can reduce antibiotic use; however, providing printed materials and targeting only parents had limited effects, our results had a low OR suggesting a strong effect, but this results failed to achieve statistical significance. A review conducted by Thoolen showed that education to decrease inappropriate antibiotic use was not effective despite increased patient knowledge, which is contrary to the findings from Arnold and Straus8 and our analysis. We found that the pooled OR for targeting parents was 0.50, though it was statistically insignificant with a higher I 2 .…”

Pharmacist Involvement to Decrease Drug-Related Problems Among Geriatric Patients in Indonesian Primary Health Centers

“…These results were consistent with Arnold and Straus [30] who asserted that learning with interactive meetings is more effective than didactic learning. In that study, the use of written learning material caused only a slight or no change in prescribing associated with excessive use of antibiotics for viral infections, appropriate antibiotic selection, and duration of antibiotic use.…”

Training family physicians in shared decision making for the use of antibiotics for acute respiratory infections: a pilot clustered randomized controlled trial

“…These two studies showed that FPs trained in communication skills and patient‐centered care prescribed less antibiotics than did FPs without such training, and that prescription rates and absolute use dropped within the ranges observed in our trial. Our observations are also congruent with the conclusions of a Cochrane review on the effectiveness of interventions to improve the use of antibiotics for ARIs in ambulatory settings 44 . Patient‐mediated interventions and physician reminders were found to be potentially effective methods deserving further study 44 .…”

“…Our observations are also congruent with the conclusions of a Cochrane review on the effectiveness of interventions to improve the use of antibiotics for ARIs in ambulatory settings 44 . Patient‐mediated interventions and physician reminders were found to be potentially effective methods deserving further study 44 . Finally, although DECISION+ trained physicians in SDM and gave them tools to conduct SDM with their patients, we realized that it would be important that the next trial assess patients’ exposure to these tools.…”