Nursing Home Clinicians' Decision to Prescribe Antibiotics for a Suspected Urinary Tract Infection: Findings From a Discrete Choice Experiment.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To determine which nursing home (NH) resident characteristics were most important to clinicians' decision to prescribe antibiotics for a suspected urinary tract infection (UTI), including both evidence-based and non-evidence-based characteristics.

Design

Web-based discrete choice experiment with 19 clinical scenarios. For each scenario, clinicians were asked whether they would prescribe an antibiotic for a suspected UTI.

Setting

Online survey.

Participants

Convenience sample of 876 NH physicians and advanced practice providers who practiced primary care for NH residents in the United States.

Methods

Each scenario varied information about 10 resident characteristics regarding urinalysis results, resident temperature, lower urinary tract symptoms

SUBMITTER: Kistler CE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8121197 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature