ArticleFamily practice2012
Attitudes of primary care physicians to the prescribing of antibiotics and antimicrobial resistance: a qualitative study from Spain.
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59 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Factors contributing to the variation in antibiotic prescribing among primary health care physicians: a systematic review.BMC primary care · 2024Pooled it
- Does the problem begin at the beginning? Medical students' knowledge and beliefs regarding antibiotics and resistance: a systematic review.Antimicrobial resistance and infection control · 2020Pooled it
- Antibiotic prescribing for acute respiratory tract infections in primary care: an updated and expanded meta-ethnography.The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners · 2018Pooled it
- Let's Talk About Antibiotics: a randomised trial of two interventions to reduce antibiotic misuse.BMJ open · 2022Trial
- Impact of a multifaceted intervention to improve antibiotic prescribing: a pragmatic cluster-randomised controlled trial.Antimicrobial resistance and infection control · 2020Trial
- Knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding antibiotic prescribing by dentists: a qualitative study in Chile.Journal of public health (Oxford, England) · 2026Article
- Antibiotic Resistance Crisis: From Bacterial Bioprospecting to Artificial Intelligence.Environmental microbiology reports · 2025Review
- Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices Regarding Antibiotic Use and Resistance: A Cross-Sectional Study from Oman.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
- Parents' expectations for the management of pediatric diarrhea in the clinical setting: perspectives of parents and physicians in Bangladesh.Journal of tropical pediatrics · 2025Article
- Understanding dentists' antibiotic prescribing behaviour in Spain: a focus group study.JAC-antimicrobial resistance · 2025Article
- Barriers to the widespread adoption of diagnostic artificial intelligence for preventing antimicrobial resistance.Scientific reports · 2025Article
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- Why Do Physicians Prescribe Antibiotics? A Systematic Review of the Psycho-Socio-Organisational Factors Related to Potentially Inappropriate Prescribing of Antimicrobials in Europe.Infectious disease reports · 2024Review
- Implementation of a Multifaceted Program to Improve the Rational Use of Antibiotics in Children under 3 Years of Age in Primary Care.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Exploring Prescription Practices: Insights from an Antimicrobial Stewardship Program at a Tertiary Healthcare Facility, Rwanda.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- N-of-1 Trials of Antimicrobial Stewardship Interventions to Optimize Antibiotic Prescribing for Upper Respiratory Tract Infection in Emergency Departments: Protocol for a Quasi-Experimental Study.JMIR research protocols · 2024Article
- Multiplex PCR and Antibiotic Use in Children with Community-Acquired Pneumonia.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Antibiotics in Catalan Primary Care: Prescription, Use and Remedies for a Crisis of Care.Medical anthropology · 2023Article
- Public knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) regarding antibiotics use and antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in Bangladesh.Heliyon · 2023Article
- Factors Influencing Inappropriate Use of Antibiotics in Infants under 3 Years of Age in Primary Care: A Qualitative Study of the Paediatricians' Perceptions.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
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Abstract
BACKGROUND AND
objectiveResistance to antibiotics is a public health threat. A number of studies confirm the relationship between antibiotic use and the resistance rate. As a whole, physicians represent a large proportion of the health professionals involved in the use of this therapeutic group. Our study therefore sought to ascertain the opinions and attitudes of GPs in Spain with respect to antibiotics and resistance.
methodsWe used the focus group (FG) method, with each group comprising 4-12 primary care physicians and a moderator. Based on a previous systematic review, we drew up an agenda to be followed during the holding of the sessions. Group proceedings were recorded and the transcriptions then analysed separately by two researchers.
resultsFive FGs were formed, including a total of 33 physicians. The factors/attitudes that influenced the prescribing of antibiotics by GPs were fear, complacency, insufficient knowledge and external responsibility of the pharmaceutical industry, patients and over-the-counter antibiotics. The groups felt that antibiotic resistance was not a problem at a community level.
conclusionsIdentification of attitudes/knowledge related with inappropriate antibiotic prescribing will enable specific interventions to be designed, with the aim of targeting these shortcomings to improve antibiotic use and help reduce resistance.
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