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Antibiotic prescribing behavior among general practitioners - a questionnaire-based study in Germany.


ABSTRACT: This study investigates the barriers and facilitators of the use of antibiotics in acute respiratory tract infections by general practitioners (GPs) in Germany.A multidisciplinary team designed and pre-tested a written questionnaire addressing the topics awareness of antimicrobial resistance (7 items), use of antibiotics (9 items), guidelines/sources of information (9 items) and sociodemographic factors (7 items), using a five-point-Likert-scale ("never" to "very often"). The questionnaire was mailed by postally to 987 GPs with registered practices in eastern Germany in May 2015.34% (340/987) of the GPs responded to this survey. Most of the participants assumed a multifactorial origin for the rise of multidrug resistant organisms. In addition, 70.2% (239/340) believed that their own prescribing behavior influenced the drug-resistance situation in their area. GPs with longer work experience (>?25 years) assumed less individual influence on drug resistance than their colleagues with less than 7 years experience as practicing physicians (Odds Ratio [OR] 0.32, 95% Confidence Interval [CI] 0.17-0.62; P 

SUBMITTER: Salm F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5935909 | biostudies-other | 2018 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other

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Antibiotic prescribing behavior among general practitioners - a questionnaire-based study in Germany.

Salm Florian F   Schneider Sandra S   Schmücker Katja K   Petruschke Inga I   Kramer Tobias S TS   Hanke Regina R   Schröder Christin C   Heintze Christoph C   Schwantes Ulrich U   Gastmeier Petra P   Gensichen Jochen J  

BMC infectious diseases 20180504 1


<h4>Background</h4>This study investigates the barriers and facilitators of the use of antibiotics in acute respiratory tract infections by general practitioners (GPs) in Germany.<h4>Methods</h4>A multidisciplinary team designed and pre-tested a written questionnaire addressing the topics awareness of antimicrobial resistance (7 items), use of antibiotics (9 items), guidelines/sources of information (9 items) and sociodemographic factors (7 items), using a five-point-Likert-scale ("never" to "ve  ...[more]

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