Systematic review of factors associated with antibiotic prescribing for respiratory tract infections

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 60, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 4106-4118

  McKay, Rachel ^a   Mah, Allison ^a   Law, Michael R ^a   McGrail, Kimberlyn ^a   Patrick, David M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

BRONCHITIS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMBASE; EXUDATE; FEVER; HUMAN; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; REVIEW; SELF REPORT; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TONSILLAR EXUDATE; ANIMAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BRONCHITIS; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; HUMANS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 84977070466     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: 10986596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.00209-16     Document Type: Review

References (71)

1. World Health Organization. 2014. Antimicrobial resistance. World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.
2. Spellberg B, Guidos R, Gilbert D, Bradley J, Boucher HW, Scheld WM, Bartlett JG, Edwards J, the Infectious Diseases Society of America. 2008. The epidemic of antibiotic-resistant infections: a call to action for the medical community from the Infectious Diseases Society of America. Clin Infect Dis 46:155-164. http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/524891.
3. Hillier S, Roberts Z, Dunstan F, Butler C, Howard A, Palmer S. 2007. Prior antibiotics and risk of antibiotic-resistant community-acquired urinary tract infection: a case-control study. J Antimicrob Chemother 60:92-99. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jac/dkm141.
4. Chung A, Perera R, Brueggemann AB, Elamin AE, Harnden A, Mayon-White R, Smith S, Crook DW, Mant D. 2007. Effect of antibiotic prescribing on antibiotic resistance in individual children in primary care: prospective cohort study. BMJ 335:429-429. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.39274.647465.BE.
5. Bell BG, Schellevis F, Stobberingh E, Goossens H, Pringle M. 2014. A systematic review and meta-analysis of the effects of antibiotic consumption on antibiotic resistance. BMC Infect Dis 14:13. http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-14-13.
6. Laxminarayan R, Duse A, Wattal C, Zaidi AKM, Wertheim HFL, Sumpradit N, Vlieghe E, Hara GL, Gould IM, Goossens H, Greko C, So AD, Bigdeli M, Tomson G, Woodhouse W, Ombaka E, Peralta AQ, Qamar FN, Mir F, Kariuki S, Bhutta ZA, Coates A, Bergstrom R, Wright GD, Brown ED, Cars O. 2013. Antibiotic resistance - the need for global solutions. Lancet Infect Dis 13:1057-1098. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(13)70318-9.
7. Calbo E, Alvarez-Rocha L, Gudiol F, Pasquau J. 2013. A review of the factors influencing antimicrobial prescribing. Enferm Infecc Microbiol Clin 31(Suppl 4):S12-S15.
8. Lopez-Vazquez P, Vazquez-Lago JM, Figueiras A. 2011. Misprescription of antibiotics in primary care: a critical systematic review of its determinants. J Eval Clin Pract 18:473-484.
9. Hersh AL, Shapiro DJ, Pavia AT, Shah SS. 2011. Antibiotic prescribing in ambulatory pediatrics in the United States. Pediatrics 128:1053-1061. http://dx.doi.org/10.1542/peds.2011-1337.
10. British Columbia Centre for Disease Control. 2010. British Columbia annual summary of antibiotic utilization. British Columbia Centre for Disease Control, British Columbia, Canada.
11. Gonzales R, Steiner JF, Sande MA. 1997. Antibiotic prescribing for adults with colds, upper respiratory tract infections, and bronchitis by ambulatory care physicians. JAMA 278:901-904. http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.278.11.901.
12. Lee GC, Reveles KR, Attridge RT, Lawson KA, Mansi IA, Lewis JS, Frei CR. 2014. Outpatient antibiotic prescribing in the United States: 2000 to 2010. BMC Med 12:96. http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1741-7015-12-96.
13. Blondel-Hill E, Fryters S. 2012. Bugs & drugs: an antimicrobial/infectious diseases reference. Alberta Health Services, Alberta, Canada.
14. Hersh AL, Jackson MA, Hicks LA, the Committee on Infectious Diseases. 2013. Principles of judicious antibiotic prescribing for upper respiratory tract infections in pediatrics. Pediatrics 132:1146-1154. http://dx.doi.org/10.1542/peds.2013-3260.
15. Kenealy T, Arroll B. 2014. Antibiotics for the common cold and acute purulent rhinitis. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 6:CD000247.
16. Moher D, Liberati A, Tetzlaff J, Altman DG, PRISMA Group. 2009. Preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analyses: the PRISMA statement. PLoS Med 6:e1000097. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1000097.
17. Ostini R, Hegney D, Jackson C, Williamson M, Mackson JM, Gurman K, Hall W, Tett SE. 2009. Systematic review of interventions to improve prescribing. Ann Pharmacother 43:502-513. http://dx.doi.org/10.1345/aph.1L488.
18. Bai A, Shukla VK, Bak G, Wells G. 2012. Quality assessment tools project report. Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health, Ottawa, Canada.
19. National Institutes of Health's National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute. Quality assessment tool for observational cohort and cross-sectional studies. NIH National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Bethesda, MD.
20. Ahmed MN, Muyot MM, Begum S, Smith P, Little C, Windemuller FJ. 2010. Antibiotic prescription pattern for viral respiratory illness in emergency room and ambulatory care settings. Clin Pediatr (Phila) 49:542-547. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0009922809357786.
21. Aspinall SL, Good CB, Metlay JP, Mor MK, Fine MJ. 2009. Antibiotic prescribing for presumed nonbacterial acute respiratory tract infections. Am J Emerg Med 27:544-551. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajem.2008.04.015.
22. Coenen S, Michiels B, Renard D, Denekens J, Van Royen P. 2006. Antibiotic prescribing for acute cough: the effect of perceived patient demand. Br J Gen Pract 56:183-190.
23. Fischer T, Fischer S, Kochen MM, Hummers-Pradier E. 2005. Influence of patient symptoms and physical findings on general practitioners' treatment of respiratory tract infections: a direct observation study. BMC Fam Pract 6:6. http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2296-6-6.
24. Gonzales R, Barrett PHJ, Steiner JF. 1999. The relation between purulent manifestations and antibiotic treatment of upper respiratory tract infections. J Gen Intern Med 14:151-156. http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1525-1497.1999.00306.x.
25. Holmes WF, Macfarlane JT, Macfarlane RM, Hubbard R. 2001. Symptoms, signs, and prescribing for acute lower respiratory tract illness. Br J Gen Pract 51:177-181.
26. Mangione-Smith R, McGlynn EA, Elliott MN, Krogstad P, Brook RH. 1999. The relationship between perceived parental expectations and pediatrician antimicrobial prescribing behavior. Pediatrics 103:711-718. http://dx.doi.org/10.1542/peds.103.4.711.
27. Moro ML, Marchi M, Gagliotti C, Di Mario S, Resi D, Progetto Bambini a Antibiotici. 2009. Why do paediatricians prescribe antibiotics? Results of an Italian regional project. BMC Pediatr 9:69.
28. Nyquist AC, Gonzales R, Steiner JF, Sande MA. 1998. Antibiotic prescribing for children with colds, upper respiratory tract infections, and bronchitis. JAMA 279:875-877. http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.279.11.875.
29. Akkerman AE, Kuyvenhoven MM, van der Wouden JC, Verheij TJM. 2005. Analysis of under- and overprescribing of antibiotics in acute otitis media in general practice. J Antimicrob Chemother 56:569-574. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jac/dki257.
30. Brown DW, Taylor R, Rogers A, Weiser R, Kelley M. 2003. Antibiotic prescriptions associated with outpatient visits for acute upper respiratory tract infections among adult Medicaid recipients in North Carolina. N C Med J 64:148-156.
31. Roumie CL, Halasa NB, Edwards KM, Zhu Y, Dittus RS, Griffin MR. 2005. Differences in antibiotic prescribing among physicians, residents, and nonphysician clinicians. Am J Med 118:641-648. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.amjmed.2005.02.013.
32. Stone S, Gonzales R, Maselli J, Lowenstein SR. 2000. Antibiotic prescribing for patients with colds, upper respiratory tract infections, and bronchitis: a national study of hospital-based emergency departments. Ann Emerg Med 36:320-327. http://dx.doi.org/10.1067/mem.2000.109341.
33. Ladd E. 2005. The use of antibiotics for viral upper respiratory tract infections: an analysis of nurse practitioner and physician prescribing practices in ambulatory care, 1997-2001. J Am Acad Nurse Pract 17:416-424. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1745-7599.2005.00072.x.
34. Cadieux G, Tamblyn R, Dauphinee D, Libman M. 2007. Predictors of inappropriate antibiotic prescribing among primary care physicians. Can Med Assoc J 177:877-883. http://dx.doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.070151.
35. Akkerman AE, Kuyvenhoven MM, van der Wouden JC, Verheij TJM. 2005. Determinants of antibiotic overprescribing in respiratory tract infections in general practice. J Antimicrob Chemother 56:930-936. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jac/dki283.
36. Butler CC, Kelly MJ, Hood K, Schaberg T, Melbye H, Serra-Prat M, Blasi F, Little P, Verheij T, Molstad S, Godycki-Cwirko M, Edwards P, Almirall J, Torres A, Rautakorpi U-M, Nuttall J, Goossens H, Coenen S. 2011. Antibiotic prescribing for discoloured sputum in acute cough/lower respiratory tract infection. Eur Resp J 38:119-125. http://dx.doi.org/10.1183/09031936.00133910.
37. Cadieux G, Abrahamowicz M, Dauphinee D, Tamblyn R. 2011. Are physicians with better clinical skills on licensing examinations less likely to prescribe antibiotics for viral respiratory infections in ambulatory care settings? Med Care 49:156-165. http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MLR.0b013e3182028c1a.
38. Gaur AH, Hare ME, Shorr RI. 2005. Provider and practice characteristics associated with antibiotic use in children with presumed viral respiratory tract infections. Pediatrics 115:635-641. http://dx.doi.org/10.1542/peds.2004-0670.
39. Linder JA, Stafford RS. 2001. Antibiotic treatment of adults with sore throat by community primary care physicians: a national survey, 1989-1999. JAMA 286:1181-1186. http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.286.10.1181.
40. Rutschmann OT, Domino ME. 2004. Antibiotics for upper respiratory tract infections in ambulatory practice in the United States, 1997-1999: does physician specialty matter? J Am Board Family Med 17:196-200.
41. Stanton N, Hood K, Kelly MJ, Nuttall J, Gillespie D, Verheij T, Little P, Godycki-Cwirko M, Goossens H, Butler CC. 2010. Are smokers with acute cough in primary care prescribed antibiotics more often, and to what benefit? An observational study in 13 European countries. Eur Resp J 35:761-767.
42. Altiner A, Wilm S, Wegscheider K, Sielk M, Brockmann S, Fuchs A, Abholz H-H, der Schmitten JI. 2010. Fluoroquinolones to treat uncomplicated acute cough in primary care: predictors for unjustified prescribing of antibiotics. J Antimicrob Chemother 65:1521-1525. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jac/dkq151.
43. Kozyrskyj AL, Dahl ME, Chateau DG, Mazowita GB, Klassen TP, Law BJ. 2004. Evidence-based prescribing of antibiotics for children: role of socioeconomic status and physician characteristics. Can Med Assoc J 171:139-145. http://dx.doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.1031629.
44. Coenen S, Francis N, Kelly M, Hood K, Nuttall J, Little P, Verheij TJM, Melbye H, Goossens H, Butler CC, GRACE Project Group 2013. Are patient views about antibiotics related to clinician perceptions, management and outcome? A multi-country study in outpatients with acute cough. PLoS One 8:e76691.
45. Dosh SA, Hickner JM, Mainous AG, Ebell MH. 2000. Predictors of antibiotic prescribing for nonspecific upper respiratory infections, acute bronchitis, and acute sinusitis. A UPRNet study. Upper Peninsula Research Network. J Fam Pract 49:407-414.
46. Smith SS, Kern RC, Chandra RK, Tan BK, Evans CT. 2013. Variations in antibiotic prescribing of acute rhinosinusitis in United States ambulatory settings. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 148:852-859. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0194599813479768.
47. Linder JA, Singer DE. 2003. Desire for antibiotics and antibiotic prescribing for adults with upper respiratory tract infections. J Gen Intern Med 18:795-801. http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1525-1497.2003.21101.x.
48. Gelman A, Hill J. 2007. Data analysis using regression and multilevel/hierarchical models. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
49. Smith SM, Smucny J, Fahey T. 2014. Antibiotics for acute bronchitis. JAMA 312:2678-2679. http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2014.12839.
50. Snow V, Mottur-Pilson C, Gonzales R, American Academy of Family Physicians, American College of Physicians-American Society of Internal Medicine, Centers for Disease Control, Infectious Diseases Society of America. 2001. Principles of appropriate antibiotic use for treatment of acute bronchitis in adults. Ann Intern Med 134:518-520. http://dx.doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-134-6-200103200-00020.
51. Wald ER, Applegate KE, Bordley C, Darrow DH, Glode MP, Marcy SM, Nelson CE, Rosenfeld RM, Shaikh N, Smith MJ, Williams PV, Weinberg ST. 2013. Clinical practice guideline for the diagnosis and management of acute bacterial sinusitis in children aged 1 to 18 years. Pediatrics 132:e262-e280. http://dx.doi.org/10.1542/peds.2013-1071.
52. Shulman ST, Bisno AL, Clegg HW, Gerber MA, Kaplan EL, Lee G, Martin JM, Van Beneden C. 2012. Clinical practice guideline for the diagnosis and management of group a streptococcal pharyngitis: 2012 update by the Infectious Diseases Society of America. Clin Infect Dis 55:e86-e102. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cid/cis629.
53. Bennett JE, Dolin R, Blaser MJ. 2015. Mandell, Douglas, and Bennett's principles and practice of infectious diseases. Saunders, Philadelphia, PA.
54. Mandell LA, Wunderink RG, Anzueto A, Bartlett JG, Campbell GD, Dean NC, Dowell SF, File TM, Musher DM, Niederman MS, Torres A, Whitney CG, Infectious Diseases Society of America, American Thoracic Society. 2007. Infectious Diseases Society of America/American Thoracic Society consensus guidelines on the management of community-acquired pneumonia in adults. Clin Infect Dis 44(Suppl 2):S27-S72. http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/511159.
55. Ferech M. 2006. European surveillance of antimicrobial consumption (ESAC): outpatient antibiotic use in Europe. J Antimicrob Chemother 58:401-407. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jac/dkl188.
56. Mustafa M, Wood F, Butler CC, Elwyn G. 2014. Managing expectations of antibiotics for upper respiratory tract infections: a qualitative study. Ann Fam Med 12:29-36.
57. Cabral C, Horwood J, Hay AD, Lucas PJ. 2014. How communication affects prescription decisions in consultations for acute illness in children: a systematic review and meta-ethnography. BMC Fam Pract 15:63. http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2296-15-63.
58. Lucas PJ, Cabral C, Hay AD, Horwood J. 2015. A systematic review of parent and clinician views and perceptions that influence prescribing decisions in relation to acute childhood infections in primary care. Scand J Prim Health Care 33:11-20. http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/02813432.2015.1001942.
59. Dempsey PP, Businger AC, Whaley LE, Gagne JJ, Linder JA. 2014. Primary care clinicians' perceptions about antibiotic prescribing for acute bronchitis: a qualitative study. BMC Fam Pract 15:194. http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12875-014-0194-5.
60. Teixeira Rodrigues A, Roque F, Falcão A, Figueiras A, Herdeiro MT. 2012. Understanding physician antibiotic prescribing behaviour: a systematic review of qualitative studies. Int J Antimicrob Agents 41:203-212.
61. Linder JA, Singer DE, Stafford RS. 2003. Association between antibiotic prescribing and visit duration in adults with upper respiratory tract infections. Clin Ther 25:2419-2430. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0149-2918(03)80284-9.
62. Coco A, Mainous AG. 2005. Relation of time spent in an encounter with the use of antibiotics in pediatric office visits for viral respiratory infections. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 159:1145-1149. http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archpedi.159.12.1145.
63. Tonkin-Crine S, Anthierens S, Francis NA, Brugman C, Fernandez-Vandellos P, Krawczyk J, Llor C, Yardley L, Coenen S, Godycki-Cwirko M, Butler CC, Verheij TJM, Goossens H, Little P, Cals JW, GRACE INTRO Team. 2014. Exploring patients' views of primary care consultations with contrasting interventions for acute cough: a six-country European qualitative study. NPJ Prim Care Respir Med 24:14026.
64. Welschen I, Kuyvenhoven M, Hoes A, Verheij T. 2004. Antibiotics for acute respiratory tract symptoms: patients' expectations, GPs' management and patient satisfaction. Fam Pract 21:234-237. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/fampra/cmh303.
65. Reeves BC, Deeks JJ, Higgins JP, Wells GA, Cochrane Non-Randomised Studies Methods Group. 2011. Including non-randomized studies, chapter 13. In Higgins JPT, Green S (ed), Cochrane handbook for systematic reviews of interventions, version 5.1.0 (updated March 2011). The Cochrane Collaboration, London, United Kingdom.
66. Drekonja DM, Filice GA, Greer N, Olson A, MacDonald R, Rutks I, Wilt TJ. 2015. Antimicrobial stewardship in outpatient settings: a systematic review. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 36:142-152. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/ice.2014.41.
67. Filippini M, Ortiz LGG, Masiero G. 2013. Assessing the impact of national antibiotic campaigns in Europe. Eur J Health Econ 14:587-599. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10198-012-0404-9.
68. Davey P, Brown E, Charani E, Fenelon L, Gould IM, Holmes A, Ramsay CR, Wiffen PJ, Wilcox M. 2013. Interventions to improve antibiotic prescribing practices for hospital inpatients. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 4:CD003543.
69. Arnold SR, Straus SE. 2009. Interventions to improve antibiotic prescribing practices in ambulatory care (review). The Cochrane Collaboration, London, United Kingdom.
70. Ranji SR, Steinman MA, Shojania KG, Gonzales R. 2008. Interventions to reduce unnecessary antibiotic prescribing: a systematic review and quantitative analysis. Med Care 46:847-862. http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MLR.0b013e318178eabd.
71. Dormuth CR, Carney G, Taylor S, Bassett K, Maclure M. 2012. A randomized trial assessing the impact of a personal printed feedback portrait on statin prescribing in primary care. J Contin Educ Health Prof 32:153-162. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/chp.21140.