Are patient views about antibiotics related to clinician perceptions, management and outcome? A multi-country study in outpatients with acute cough.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Outpatients with acute cough who expect, hope for or ask for antibiotics may be more unwell, benefit more from antibiotic treatment, and be more satisfied with care when they are prescribed antibiotics. Clinicians may not accurately identify those patients.

Objective

To explore whether patient views (expecting, hoping for or asking for antibiotics) are associated with illness presentation and resolution, whether patient views are accurately perceived by clinicians, and the association of all these factors with antibiotic prescribing and patient satisfaction with care.

Methods

Prospective observational study of 3402 adult patients with acute cough presenting in 14 primary care networks. Correlations and associations tested with multilevel logistic regression

SUBMITTER: Coenen S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3806785 | biostudies-literature | 2013

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature