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Antibiotic perceptions, adherence, and disposal practices among parents of pediatric patients

Antibiotics are frequently prescribed for children in the outpatient setting. Although sometimes necessary, antibiotic use is associated with important downstream effects including the development of antimicrobial resistance among human and environmental microorganisms. Current outpatient stewardshi...

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Autores principales: Dantuluri, Keerti L., Bonnet, Kemberlee R., Schlundt, David G., Schulte, Rebecca J., Griffith, Hannah G., Luu, Alexandria, Charnogursky, Cara, Perkins, Jessica M., Whitmore, Christine C., Banerjee, Ritu, Howard, Leigh M., Grijalva, Carlos G.
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Publicado: Public Library of Science 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9910628/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36758043
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0281660
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author Dantuluri, Keerti L.
Bonnet, Kemberlee R.
Schlundt, David G.
Schulte, Rebecca J.
Griffith, Hannah G.
Luu, Alexandria
Charnogursky, Cara
Perkins, Jessica M.
Whitmore, Christine C.
Banerjee, Ritu
Howard, Leigh M.
Grijalva, Carlos G.
author_facet Dantuluri, Keerti L.
Bonnet, Kemberlee R.
Schlundt, David G.
Schulte, Rebecca J.
Griffith, Hannah G.
Luu, Alexandria
Charnogursky, Cara
Perkins, Jessica M.
Whitmore, Christine C.
Banerjee, Ritu
Howard, Leigh M.
Grijalva, Carlos G.
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description Antibiotics are frequently prescribed for children in the outpatient setting. Although sometimes necessary, antibiotic use is associated with important downstream effects including the development of antimicrobial resistance among human and environmental microorganisms. Current outpatient stewardship efforts focus on guiding appropriate antibiotic prescribing practices among providers, but little is known about parents’ understanding of antibiotics and appropriate disposal of leftover antibiotics. To help bridge this gap, we conducted a qualitative study to assess parental understanding of their children’s antibiotics, their adherence to antibiotic instructions, and their disposal practices. We conducted a semi-structured interview with parents of 13 children diagnosed with acute respiratory illnesses and prescribed antibiotics in an urban outpatient clinic. We found that parents had limited understanding of how antibiotics work. Although they received instructions about antibiotic use during the healthcare visit, adherence to the prescription and appropriate disposal of antibiotics was suboptimal. Limited baseline understanding of antibiotics, their prior experiences with antibiotics, perceptions about their social networks’ antibiotic use, and information provided to them by healthcare providers may influence these behaviors. Our findings can inform educational efforts of outpatient stewardship programs to help optimize parental understanding of how to use and dispose of their children’s antibiotics.
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spelling pubmed-99106282023-02-10 Antibiotic perceptions, adherence, and disposal practices among parents of pediatric patients Dantuluri, Keerti L. Bonnet, Kemberlee R. Schlundt, David G. Schulte, Rebecca J. Griffith, Hannah G. Luu, Alexandria Charnogursky, Cara Perkins, Jessica M. Whitmore, Christine C. Banerjee, Ritu Howard, Leigh M. Grijalva, Carlos G. PLoS One Research Article Antibiotics are frequently prescribed for children in the outpatient setting. Although sometimes necessary, antibiotic use is associated with important downstream effects including the development of antimicrobial resistance among human and environmental microorganisms. Current outpatient stewardship efforts focus on guiding appropriate antibiotic prescribing practices among providers, but little is known about parents’ understanding of antibiotics and appropriate disposal of leftover antibiotics. To help bridge this gap, we conducted a qualitative study to assess parental understanding of their children’s antibiotics, their adherence to antibiotic instructions, and their disposal practices. We conducted a semi-structured interview with parents of 13 children diagnosed with acute respiratory illnesses and prescribed antibiotics in an urban outpatient clinic. We found that parents had limited understanding of how antibiotics work. Although they received instructions about antibiotic use during the healthcare visit, adherence to the prescription and appropriate disposal of antibiotics was suboptimal. Limited baseline understanding of antibiotics, their prior experiences with antibiotics, perceptions about their social networks’ antibiotic use, and information provided to them by healthcare providers may influence these behaviors. Our findings can inform educational efforts of outpatient stewardship programs to help optimize parental understanding of how to use and dispose of their children’s antibiotics. Public Library of Science 2023-02-09 /pmc/articles/PMC9910628/ /pubmed/36758043 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0281660 Text en © 2023 Dantuluri et al https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Bonnet, Kemberlee R.
Schlundt, David G.
Schulte, Rebecca J.
Griffith, Hannah G.
Luu, Alexandria
Charnogursky, Cara
Perkins, Jessica M.
Whitmore, Christine C.
Banerjee, Ritu
Howard, Leigh M.
Grijalva, Carlos G.
Antibiotic perceptions, adherence, and disposal practices among parents of pediatric patients
title Antibiotic perceptions, adherence, and disposal practices among parents of pediatric patients
title_full Antibiotic perceptions, adherence, and disposal practices among parents of pediatric patients
title_fullStr Antibiotic perceptions, adherence, and disposal practices among parents of pediatric patients
title_full_unstemmed Antibiotic perceptions, adherence, and disposal practices among parents of pediatric patients
title_short Antibiotic perceptions, adherence, and disposal practices among parents of pediatric patients
title_sort antibiotic perceptions, adherence, and disposal practices among parents of pediatric patients
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9910628/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36758043
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0281660
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