Reducing antibiotic prescribing for children with respiratory tract infections in primary care: a systematic review.
- Vodicka, TA
- Thompson, M
- Lucas, P
- Heneghan, C
- Blair, PS
- Buckley, DI
- Redmond, N
- Hay, AD
DOIAbstract
BACKGROUND: Respiratory tract infections (RTIs) in children are common and often result in antibiotic prescription despite their typically self-limiting course. AIM: To assess the effectiveness of primary care based interventions to reduce antibiotic prescribing for children with RTIs. DESIGN AND SETTING: Systematic review. METHOD: MEDLINE(®), Embase, CINAHL(®), PsycINFO, and the Cochrane library were searched for randomised, cluster randomised, and non-randomised studies testing educational and/or behavioural interventions to change antibiotic prescribing for children (<18 years) with RTIs. Main outcomes included change in proportion of total antibiotic prescribing or change in 'appropriate' prescribing for RTIs. Narrative analysis of incl...
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