Situations predisposing primary care patients to use antibiotics without a prescription in the United States.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Patients' situations can impact their intentions to use antibiotics without medical guidance (non-prescription use) in the future. This survey determines the prevalence of intended (future) use of non-prescription antibiotics for 13 predefined situations and identifies the sociodemographic characteristics associated with intended use for these types of situations.

Methods

Patient surveys (N = 564) were conducted from January 2020 to June 2021 in the waiting rooms of 6 safety-net primary care clinics and 2 emergency departments in a private healthcare system. We used principal component analysis to identify 3 situational summary factors: barriers to a doctor visit, accessibility of non-prescription antibiotics, and previous symptom relief with antibiotics. Multivar

SUBMITTER: Laytner LA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11384165 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature