Attitudes and Behaviours to Antimicrobial Prescribing following Introduction of a Smartphone App.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Our hospital replaced the format for delivering portable antimicrobial prescribing guidance from a paper-based pocket guide to a smartphone application (app). We used this opportunity to assess the relationship between its use and the attitudes and behaviours of antimicrobial prescribers.

Methods

We used 2 structured cross-sectional questionnaires issued just prior to and 3 months following the launch of the smartphone app. Ordinal Likert scale responses to both frequencies of use and agreement statements permitted quantitative assessment of the relationship between variables.

Results

The smartphone app was used more frequently than the pocket guide it replaced (p < 0.01), and its increased use was associated with sentiments that the app was useful, easy to

SUBMITTER: Panesar P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4844117 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature