A computerized education module improves patient knowledge and attitudes about appropriate antibiotic use for acute respiratory tract infections

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 493-498

  Price, Erika Leemann ^a   MacKenzie, Thomas D ^b   Metlay, Joshua P ^c   Camargo, Carlos A ^d   Gonzales, Ralph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b DENVER HEALTH AND HOSPITAL AUTHORITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute respiratory infection; Appropriate antibiotic use; Educational computer kiosk; Interactive computerized education module; Patient education; Respiratory tract infection

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG USE; EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RASH; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SELF REPORT; SYMPTOM; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 81555203539     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: 18735134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2011.02.005     Document Type: Article

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