Optimising antimicrobial stewardship interventions in English primary care: a behavioural analysis of qualitative and intervention studies.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

While various interventions have helped reduce antibiotic prescribing, further gains can be made. This study aimed to identify ways to optimise antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) interventions by assessing the extent to which important influences on antibiotic prescribing are addressed (or not) by behavioural content of AMS interventions.

Settings

English primary care.

Interventions

AMS interventions targeting healthcare professionals' antibiotic prescribing for respiratory tract infections.

Methods

We conducted two rapid reviews. The first included qualitative studies with healthcare professionals on self-reported influences on antibiotic prescribing. The influences were inductively coded and categorised using the Theoretical Domains Framework (TDF). Pr

SUBMITTER: Borek AJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7747536 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature