Educating Patients on Unnecessary Antibiotics: Personalizing Potential Harm Aids Patient Understanding.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Antibiotic resistance is a public health emergency fueled by inappropriate antibiotic use. Public education campaigns often focus on global antibiotic resistance or societal harm of antibiotic misuse. There has been little research into what messages have the greatest impact on patient preferences for nonindicated antibiotics in ambulatory clinics.

Methods

We administered a survey at a primary care clinic in Baltimore, MD. A total of 250 participants rated 18 statements about potential harm from antibiotics on how each statement changed their likelihood to request antibiotics for an upper respiratory tract infection. Statements focused on potential harm either to the individual, to contacts of the individual, to society, and related or not to antibiotic resistan

SUBMITTER: Miller BJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7791407 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature