Hungarian general practice paediatricians' antibiotic prescribing behaviour for suspected respiratory tract infections: a qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Inappropriate antibiotic prescribing is a major cause of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). The aim of this study was to explore paediatric general practitioners' (GP Peds) antibiotic prescription practice in suspected respiratory tract infections (RTIs), using the capability-opportunity-motivation-behaviour framework.

Design

The design is a qualitative study based on individual, semistructured telephone or virtual interviews.

Setting

Paediatric general practice in Hungary. We applied stratified maximum variation sampling to cover the categories of age, sex and geographical location of participants.

Participants

We interviewed 22 GP Peds. Nine were male and 13 were female: 2 of them were less than 40 years old, 14 were between 40 and 60 years, and 6 wer

SUBMITTER: Babarczy B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11097800 | biostudies-literature | 2024 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature