Patient information leaflets to reduce antibiotic use and reconsultation rates in general practice: A systematic review

BMJ Open

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2015, Pages

  De Bont, Eefje G P M ^a   Alink, Marleen ^a   Falkenberg, Famke C J ^a   Dinant, Geert Jan ^a   Cals, Jochen W L ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); CONJUNCTIVITIS; CONSULTATION; GASTROENTERITIS; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL RECORD; META ANALYSIS; PATIENT INFORMATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RISK FACTOR; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TONSILLITIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; INFECTION; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PROCEDURES; PUBLICATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMANS; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; INFECTION; PAMPHLETS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 84930960047     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-007612     Document Type: Article

References (37)

1. Bronzwaer SL, Cars O, Buchholz U, et al. A European study on the relationship between antimicrobial use and antimicrobial resistance. Emerg Infect Dis 2002;8:278-82.
2. Butler CC, Hillier S, Roberts Z, et al. Antibiotic-resistant infections in primary care are symptomatic for longer and increase workload: outcomes for patients with E. coli UTIs. Br J Gen Pract 2006;56:686-92.
3. Petersen I, Johnson AM, Islam A, et al. Protective effect of antibiotics against serious complications of common respiratory tract infections: retrospective cohort study with the UK General Practice Research Database. BMJ 2007;335:982.
4. Monto AS. Epidemiology of viral respiratory infections. Am J Med 2002;112(Suppl 6A):4S-12S.
5. Smith SM, Fahey T, Smucny J, et al. Antibiotics for acute bronchitis. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2014;(3):CD000245.
6. Macfarlane J, Holmes W, Macfarlane R, et al. Influence of patients' expectations on antibiotic management of acute lower respiratory tract illness in general practice: questionnaire study. BMJ 1997;315:1211-14.
7. Howie JG. Clinical judgement and antibiotic use in general practice. BMJ 1976;2:1061-4.
8. Little P, Gould C, Williamson I, et al. Reattendance and complications in a randomised trial of prescribing strategies for sore throat: the medicalising effect of prescribing antibiotics. BMJ 1997;315:350-2.
9. Butler CC, Rollnick S, Pill R, et al. Understanding the culture of prescribing: qualitative study of general practitioners' and patients' perceptions of antibiotics for sore throats. BMJ 1998;317:637-42.
10. Kenny T, Wilson RG, Purves IN, et al. A PIL for every ill? Patient information leaflets (PILs): a review of past, present and future use. Fam Pract 1998;15:471-9.
11. Moult B, Franck LS, Brady H. Ensuring quality information for patients: development and preliminary validation of a new instrument to improve the quality of written health care information. Health Expect 2004;7:165-75.
12. McCarthy K, Prentice P. Commissioning health education in primary care. BMJ 2006;333:667-8.
13. Little P, Dorward M, Warner G, et al. Randomised controlled trial of effect of leaflets to empower patients in consultations in primary care. BMJ 2004;328:441.
14. Sustersic M, Voorhoeve M, Menuret H, et al. Fiches d'information pour les patients: quel intérêt? L'étude EDIMAP. La Rev méd gén 2010;276:332-9.
15. Mills ME, Sullivan K. The importance of information giving for patients newly diagnosed with cancer: a review of the literature. J Clin Nurs 1999;8:631-42.
16. Higgins JPT, Green S eds. Cochrane handbook for systematic reviews of interventions. The Cochrane Collaboration, 2011:187-241.
17. Francis NA, Butler CC, Hood K, et al. Effect of using an interactive booklet about childhood respiratory tract infections in primary care consultations on reconsulting and antibiotic prescribing: a cluster randomised controlled trial. BMJ 2009;339:374-6.
18. Agnew J, Taaffe M, Darker C, et al. Delayed prescribing of antibiotics for respiratory tract infections: use of information leaflets. Ir Med J 2013;106:243-4.
19. Little P, Rumsby K, Kelly J, et al. Information leaflet and antibiotic prescribing strategies for acute lower respiratory tract infection: a randomized controlled trial. JAMA 2005;293:3029-35.
20. Macfarlane JT, Holmes WF, Macfarlane RM. Reducing reconsultations for acute lower respiratory tract illness with an information leaflet: a randomized controlled study of patients in primary care. Br J Gen Pract 1997;47:719-22.
21. Macfarlane J, Holmes W, Gard P, et al. Reducing antibiotic use for acute bronchitis in primary care: blinded, randomised controlled trial of patient information leaflet. BMJ 2002;324:91-4.
22. Everitt HA, Little PS, Smith PWF. A randomised controlled trial of management strategies for acute infective conjunctivitis in general practice. BMJ 2006;333:321-4.
23. Gauld VA. Written advice: compliance and recall. J R Coll Gen Pract 1981;31:553-6.
24. Sustersic M, Jeannet E, Cozon-Rein L, et al. Impact of information leaflets on behavior of patients with gastroenteritis or tonsillitis: a cluster randomized trial in French primary care. J Gen Intern Med 2013;28:25-31.
25. Moerenhout T, Borgermans L, Schol S, et al. Patient health information materials in waiting rooms of family physicians: do patients care? Patient Prefer Adherence 2013;7:489-97.
26. Vinker S, Eliyahu V, Yaphe J. The effect of drug information leaflets on patient behavior. Isr Med Assoc J 2007;9:383-6.
27. Health Do. UK 5 Year Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Strategy 2013-2018-progress report. (April). https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment-data/file/385733/UK-AMR-annual-report.pdf (accessed Apr 2015).
28. Hazard RG, Reid S, Haugh LD, et al. A controlled trial of an educational pamphlet to prevent disability after occupational low back injury. Spine 2000;25:1419-23.
29. Henrotin YE, Cedraschi C, Duplan B, et al. Information and low back pain management: a systematic review. Spine 2006;31:E326-34.
30. Roberts L, Little P, Chapman J, et al. The back home trial: general practitioner-supported leaflets may change back pain behavior. Spine 2002;27:1821-8.
31. Yoffe SJ, Moore RW, Gibson JO, et al. A reduction in emergency department use by children from a parent educational intervention. Fam Med 2011;43:106-11.
32. Roberts CR, Imrey PB, Turner JD, et al. Reducing physician visits for colds through consumer education. JAMA 1983;250:1986-9.
33. Plass AM, Timmermans DR, van der Wal G. Decreasing the number of consultations for minor illnesses of Turkish and Dutch inhabitants of a deprived area in the Netherlands: an intervention study. Fam Pract 2005;22:51-7.
34. Little P, Stuart B, Francis N, et al. Effects of internet-based training on antibiotic prescribing rates for acute respiratory-tract infections: a multinational, cluster, randomised, factorial, controlled trial. Lancet 2013;382:1175-82.
35. Dixon-Woods M. Writing wrongs? An analysis of published discourses about the use of patient information leaflets. Soc Sci Med 2001;52:1417-32.
36. Ferguson LA, Pawlakm R. Health literacy: the road to improved health outcomes. J Nurse Pract 2011;7:123-9.
37. Watson PW, McKinstry B. A systematic review of interventions to improve recall of medical advice in healthcare consultations. J R Soc Med 2009;102:235-43.