Authors
Talley A Vodicka, Matthew Thompson, Patricia Lucas, Carl Heneghan, Peter S Blair, David I Buckley, Niamh Redmond, Alastair D Hay
Publication date
2013/7/1
Source
British Journal of General Practice
Volume
63
Issue
612
Pages
e445-e454
Publisher
British Journal of General Practice
Description
Background
Respiratory tract infections (RTIs) in children are common and often result in antibiotic prescription despite their typically self-limiting course.
Aim
To assess the effectiveness of primary care based interventions to reduce antibiotic prescribing for children with RTIs.
Design and setting
Systematic review.
Method
MEDLINE®, Embase, CINAHL®, PsycINFO, and the Cochrane library were searched for randomised, cluster randomised, and non-randomised studies testing educational and/or behavioural interventions to change antibiotic prescribing for children (<18 years) with RTIs. Main outcomes included change in proportion of total antibiotic prescribing or change in ‘appropriate’ prescribing for RTIs. Narrative analysis of included studies was used to identify components of effective interventions.
Results
Of 6301 references identified through database searching, 17 studies were included. Interventions that …
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