[PDF] Top 20 Parents, Physicians, and Antibiotic Use

... that physicians could select as an answer to a number of the questions; and 3) a change in the choices about what physicians feel contrib- utes most to inappropriate oral antibiotic use and ... See full document

... 12 parents in this group also gave brief accounts. Unclassified parents were the most likely of the 4 groups to have been directly prompted before they discussed their child’s ...below) parents, ... See full document

... that physicians and parents share a common goal: the best inter- ests of the ...clear. Parents who are unwilling to consent to vaccination may be prepared to ac- cept a compromise (eg, vaccination ... See full document

... sota. Parents/guardians of children who presented to the ED for acute care were enrolled during a 4-month period from October 2008 to January 2009 during the height of cold and influenza ...about antibiotic ... See full document

... comfort. Parents whose chil- dren required ⬎ 1 specialty visit during the 6-month period felt significantly more comfortable in this role than did those whose children had only 1 visit, as well as parents ... See full document

... that parents have mis- conceptions about appropriate indications for antibi- otics and often give antibiotics without physician ...that parents misunderstood the questions about specific signs of illness ... See full document

... current use of observa- ...never use observation from those report- ing use occasionally or more ...from physicians who used observation some- times, most of the time, or ... See full document

... to be associated with avoidable hospitalizations, we found no consistent, significant relationship between any of these variables and avoidable hospitalizations as assessed by parents and physicians. ... See full document

... the use of anti- biotics. These parents also presented an elevated educa- tional status that has offered them adequate information about ...about antibiotic use and ... See full document

... 336 physicians responded to the first-cycle survey (before the campaign), and 351 physicians responded to the second-cycle survey (after the ...Overall, physicians’ knowledge of appropriate ... See full document

... many physicians, few parents will seek treatment from another paediatrician if antibiotics are not ...Greek parents will rush to their paediatrician within 2 days of symptom onset, indicat- ing a low ... See full document

... program for indigent school-age children carried out in an ambulatory hospital clinic, 40% of the mothers spontaneously recorded a concern about a child’s health?. Physicians were much m[r] ... See full document

... increasing percentage of the physician work force in Canada, they still face challenges as they continue to take primary responsibility for child care and domestic activities. Women are torn between their careers and ... See full document

... 445 physicians were asked whether they consider bed-wetting “very important to treat,” 39% re- sponded affirmatively for primary school children, 90% responded positively for junior high[r] ... See full document

... oral antibiotic use and to suggest a series of steps that primary care physi- cians can take to promote the judicious use of anti- ...oral antibiotic use must be balanced—patients and ... See full document

... antibiotics. Parents were re- quested to mark antibiotic names out of six frequently used medications in the Nablus district and to answer questions related to general antibiotic use, adverse ... See full document

... antibiotic use. Specifically, as a result of the intervention, parents agreed less with some of the statements representing perceived advantages to using antibiotics (“Giving an antibiotic to ... See full document

... In contrast, only half (55%) of those parents who thought the physicians did not understand their needs thought the physicians understood their children’s needs. Ninety-two percent of pa[r] ... See full document

... of parents, the higher level of their antibiotic knowledge; this is comparable to the results of many other ...that parents with higher levels of education have more access to knowledge and ...the ... See full document

... mitigate antibiotic resistance, there is an urgent need to transform the attitude of not only medical doctors but also all other health professionals regarding prescribing Post graduate students in hospitals can ... See full document