Home self-administration of intravenous antibiotics as part of an outpatient parenteral antibiotic therapy service: a qualitative study of the perspectives of patients who do not self-administer.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This study aimed to use a theoretical approach to understand the determinants of behaviour in patients not home self-administering intravenous antibiotics.

Setting

Outpatient care: included patients were attending an outpatient clinic for intravenous antibiotic administration in the northeast of Scotland.

Participants

Patients were included if they had received more than 7 days of intravenous antibiotics and were aged 16 years and over. Twenty potential participants were approached, and all agreed to be interviewed. 13 were male with a mean age of 54 years (SD +17.6).

Outcomes

Key behavioural determinants that influenced patients' behaviours relating to self-administration of intravenous antibiotics.

Design

Qualitative, semistructured in-depth

SUBMITTER: Tonna A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6347967 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature