How do general practitioners and pharmacists experience antibiotic use in out-of-hours primary care? An exploratory qualitative interview study to inform a participatory action research project.

ABSTRACT:

Rationale

Antibiotics (ABs) are one of the most prescribed medications in out-of-hours (OOH) care in Belgium. Developing a better understanding of why ABs are prescribed in this setting is essential to improve prescribing habits.

Objectives

To assess AB prescribing and dispensing challenges for general practitioners (GPs) and pharmacists in OOH primary care, and to identify context-specific elements that can help the implementation of behaviour change interventions to improve AB prescribing in this setting.

Design

This is an exploratory qualitative study using semistructured interviews. This study is part of a participatory action research project.

Setting and participants

Participants include 17 GPs and 1 manager, who work in a Belgian OOH general practitioner

SUBMITTER: Colliers A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6169767 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature