Knowledge, attitudes and practice regarding antibiotic prescription by medical interns: a qualitative study in Spain

Antibiotic resistance is an issue of growing importance in the public health sphere. Medical interns are of great relevance when it comes to the source of this problem. This study therefore sought to ascertain which factors influence the management of antibiotic therapy by this population, in order...

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Autores: Molina-Romera, Germán, Vázquez-Cancela, Olalla, Vázquez Lago, Juan M., Montes-Villalba, Rodrigo Alonso, Roque, Fátima, Herdeiro, Maria Teresa Ferreira, Figueiras Guzmán, Adolfo
Tipo de documento: artigo
Data de publicação:2023
País:España
Recursos:Universidad de Santiago de Compostela (USC)
Repositório:Minerva. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Santiago de Compostela
Idioma:inglês
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Palavra-chave:Antibiotic-resistance
Interns
Prescription
Qualitative
Focus-group techniques
32 Ciencias médicas
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spelling Knowledge, attitudes and practice regarding antibiotic prescription by medical interns: a qualitative study in SpainMolina-Romera, GermánVázquez-Cancela, OlallaVázquez Lago, Juan M.Montes-Villalba, Rodrigo AlonsoRoque, FátimaHerdeiro, Maria Teresa FerreiraFigueiras Guzmán, AdolfoAntibiotic-resistanceInternsPrescriptionQualitativeFocus-group techniques32 Ciencias médicasAntibiotic resistance is an issue of growing importance in the public health sphere. Medical interns are of great relevance when it comes to the source of this problem. This study therefore sought to ascertain which factors influence the management of antibiotic therapy by this population, in order to pinpoint the possible causes of misprescribing habits. We conducted a qualitative study based on focus group techniques, with groups consisting of medical interns from the Santiago de Compostela Clinical University Teaching Hospital. Our study identified factors which the participants considered to be determinants of antibiotic use and their relationship with the appearance of resistance. The single most repeated factor was the influence of the attending physician’s judgement; other factors included a high healthcare burden or prescribing inertia. This stage is an opportunity to correct misprescribing habits, by implementing educational interventions aimed at modifying the identified factors.MDPIUniversidade de Santiago de Compostela. Departamento de Psiquiatría, Radioloxía, Saúde Pública, Enfermaría e Medicina20232023-01-0120232023-01-01journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501VoRhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/10347/40506reponame:Minerva. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Santiago de Compostelainstname:Universidad de Santiago de Compostela (USC)Inglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2© 2023 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license. Attribution 4.0 Internationalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:minerva.usc.gal:10347/405062026-06-15T12:47:27Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Knowledge, attitudes and practice regarding antibiotic prescription by medical interns: a qualitative study in Spain
title Knowledge, attitudes and practice regarding antibiotic prescription by medical interns: a qualitative study in Spain
spellingShingle Knowledge, attitudes and practice regarding antibiotic prescription by medical interns: a qualitative study in Spain
Molina-Romera, Germán
Antibiotic-resistance
Interns
Prescription
Qualitative
Focus-group techniques
32 Ciencias médicas
title_short Knowledge, attitudes and practice regarding antibiotic prescription by medical interns: a qualitative study in Spain
title_full Knowledge, attitudes and practice regarding antibiotic prescription by medical interns: a qualitative study in Spain
title_fullStr Knowledge, attitudes and practice regarding antibiotic prescription by medical interns: a qualitative study in Spain
title_full_unstemmed Knowledge, attitudes and practice regarding antibiotic prescription by medical interns: a qualitative study in Spain
title_sort Knowledge, attitudes and practice regarding antibiotic prescription by medical interns: a qualitative study in Spain
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Molina-Romera, Germán
Vázquez-Cancela, Olalla
Vázquez Lago, Juan M.
Montes-Villalba, Rodrigo Alonso
Roque, Fátima
Herdeiro, Maria Teresa Ferreira
Figueiras Guzmán, Adolfo
author Molina-Romera, Germán
author_facet Molina-Romera, Germán
Vázquez-Cancela, Olalla
Vázquez Lago, Juan M.
Montes-Villalba, Rodrigo Alonso
Roque, Fátima
Herdeiro, Maria Teresa Ferreira
Figueiras Guzmán, Adolfo
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author2 Vázquez-Cancela, Olalla
Vázquez Lago, Juan M.
Montes-Villalba, Rodrigo Alonso
Roque, Fátima
Herdeiro, Maria Teresa Ferreira
Figueiras Guzmán, Adolfo
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Universidade de Santiago de Compostela. Departamento de Psiquiatría, Radioloxía, Saúde Pública, Enfermaría e Medicina
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Antibiotic-resistance
Interns
Prescription
Qualitative
Focus-group techniques
32 Ciencias médicas
topic Antibiotic-resistance
Interns
Prescription
Qualitative
Focus-group techniques
32 Ciencias médicas
description Antibiotic resistance is an issue of growing importance in the public health sphere. Medical interns are of great relevance when it comes to the source of this problem. This study therefore sought to ascertain which factors influence the management of antibiotic therapy by this population, in order to pinpoint the possible causes of misprescribing habits. We conducted a qualitative study based on focus group techniques, with groups consisting of medical interns from the Santiago de Compostela Clinical University Teaching Hospital. Our study identified factors which the participants considered to be determinants of antibiotic use and their relationship with the appearance of resistance. The single most repeated factor was the influence of the attending physician’s judgement; other factors included a high healthcare burden or prescribing inertia. This stage is an opportunity to correct misprescribing habits, by implementing educational interventions aimed at modifying the identified factors.
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