ArticleUpsala journal of medical sciences2013
Enabling factors for antibiotic prescribing for upper respiratory tract infections: perspectives of Lithuanian and Russian general practitioners.
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- 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
- Barriers and enablers to using evidence-based antibiotic prescription guidelines in primary care: a qualitative systematic review and synthesis using the theoretical domains framework.Implementation science communications · 2026Review
- Antibiotic prescription among children with common cold at a district hospital in Uganda.African journal of primary health care & family medicine · 2023Article
- General Practitioners' Views on the Acceptability and Applicability of Using Quality Indicators as an Intervention to Reduce Unnecessary Prescription of Antibiotics in Four South American Countries.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2018Article
- Antibiotic use practices of pharmacy staff: a cross-sectional study in Saint Petersburg, the Russian Federation.BMC pharmacology & toxicology · 2017Article
- Antibiotic knowledge, attitudes and behaviours of Albanian health care professionals and patients - a qualitative interview study.Journal of pharmaceutical policy and practice · 2017Article
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- Prescribing style and variation in antibiotic prescriptions for sore throat: cross-sectional study across six countries.BMC family practice · 2015Article
- Over-the-counter medication patterns in households in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.Risk management and healthcare policy · 2013Article
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Abstract
introductionGeneral practitioners (GPs) write about 80% of all antibiotic prescriptions, the greatest number of them for patients with respiratory tract infections. However, there is a lack of research targeting the influence of external factors on antibiotic prescribing by physicians. This study aimed to explore experiences of GPs in Lithuania and the Russian Federation with regard to antibiotic prescription for upper respiratory tract infections. By such means it might be possible to reveal external enabling factors that influence antibiotic prescribing in these countries.
methodFive focus groups were performed with 22 GPs from Lithuania and 29 GPs from the Kaliningrad Region of the Russian Federation; then, thematic analysis of data was performed.
resultsSix thematic categories were identified that are related to external forces enabling antibiotic prescription: the necessity for political leadership to encourage clinically grounded antibiotic use; over-the-counter sale of antibiotics; designation of antibiotics as reimbursable medications; supervision by external oversight institutions; lack of guidelines for the treatment of upper respiratory tract infections; and pharmaceutical company activities.
conclusionsComprehensive efforts to reduce the burden of non-clinically grounded antibiotic prescription should go beyond addressing factors at the physician-patient level and take into account important factors in the enabling environment as well.
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