Reducing antibiotic prescriptions for acute cough by motivating GPs to change their attitudes to communication and empowering patients: A cluster-randomized intervention study

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 638-644

  Altiner, Attila ^a   Brockmann, Silke ^a   Sielk, Martin ^a   Wilm, Stefan ^a,c   Wegscheider, Karl ^b   Abholz, Heinz Harald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL DÜSSELDORF   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antibacterial agents; Guidelines; Patient participation; Respiratory tract infections

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DOCUMENTATION; EMPOWERMENT; FEMALE; FEVER; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GERMANY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVENTION STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VISUAL AID;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COUGH; DATA COLLECTION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PATIENT SELECTION; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; SAMPLE SIZE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34548136182     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkm254     Document Type: Article

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