Non-adherence to oral antibiotics for community paediatric pneumonia treatment in Malawi - A qualitative investigation.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Pneumonia remains the leading cause of paediatric infectious mortality globally. Treatment failure, which can result from non-adherence to oral antibiotics, can lead to poor outcomes and therefore improving adherence could be a strategy to reduce pneumonia related morbidity and mortality. However, there is little published evidence from low-resource settings for the drivers of non-adherence to oral antibiotics in children.

Objective

We aimed to investigate reasons for adherence and non-adherence in children diagnosed and treated in the community with fast-breathing pneumonia in rural Malawi.

Methods

We conducted focus group discussions (FGDs) with caregivers of children known to have been diagnosed and treated with oral antibiotics for fast-breathing pneumo

SUBMITTER: King C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6209296 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature