Appropriateness of antibiotic prescribing for upper respiratory tract infections in general practice:Comparison between Denmark and Iceland
Objective: To compare the appropriateness of antibiotic prescribing for upper respiratory tract infections (URTIs) in two countries with different prevalence of antimicrobial resistance: Denmark and Iceland.Design: A cross-sectional study. Settings and subjects. General practitioners (GPs) in Denmar...
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ftsydanskunivpub:oai:sdu.dk:publications/b73340d0-7090-46b8-a4b2-f0802b9d4ac9 2024-09-15T18:13:00+00:00 Appropriateness of antibiotic prescribing for upper respiratory tract infections in general practice:Comparison between Denmark and Iceland Sigurdardottir, N. R. Nielsen, A. B. S. Munck, A. Bjerrum, L. 2015 application/pdf https://portal.findresearcher.sdu.dk/da/publications/b73340d0-7090-46b8-a4b2-f0802b9d4ac9 https://doi.org/10.3109/02813432.2015.1114349 https://findresearcher.sdu.dk/ws/files/129761153/Appropriateness_of_antibiotic_prescribing_for_upper_respiratory_tract_infections_in_general_practice_Comparison_between_Denmark_and_Iceland.pdf eng eng https://portal.findresearcher.sdu.dk/da/publications/b73340d0-7090-46b8-a4b2-f0802b9d4ac9 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Sigurdardottir , N R , Nielsen , A B S , Munck , A & Bjerrum , L 2015 , ' Appropriateness of antibiotic prescribing for upper respiratory tract infections in general practice : Comparison between Denmark and Iceland ' , Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care , vol. 33 , no. 4 , pp. 269-274 . https://doi.org/10.3109/02813432.2015.1114349 Adolescent Adult Aged Anti-Bacterial Agents Bacterial Infections/drug therapy Child Clinical Audit Cross-Sectional Studies Denmark/epidemiology Drug Resistance Bacterial Family Practice/statistics & numerical data Female Humans Iceland/epidemiology Inappropriate Prescribing/statistics & numerical data Male Middle Aged Practice Patterns Physicians'/standards Respiratory Tract Infections/drug therapy Young Adult article 2015 ftsydanskunivpub https://doi.org/10.3109/02813432.2015.1114349 2024-07-08T23:47:00Z Objective: To compare the appropriateness of antibiotic prescribing for upper respiratory tract infections (URTIs) in two countries with different prevalence of antimicrobial resistance: Denmark and Iceland.Design: A cross-sectional study. Settings and subjects. General practitioners (GPs) in Denmark (n=78) and Iceland (n=21) registered all patients with URTI according to the Audit Project Odense (APO) method during a three-week period in the winter months of 2008 and 2009.Main outcome measures: Appropriateness of antibiotic prescribing in patients with URTI in Denmark and Iceland.Results: A total of 1428 patients were registered (Denmark: n=1208; Iceland: n=220). A majority of patients in both countries were prescribed antibiotics, and only a minority of the prescriptions could be classified as appropriate prescribing. In general, Icelandic GPs more often prescribed antibiotics (Iceland=75.8% vs. Denmark=59.3%), but Danish GPs had a higher percentage of inappropriate antibiotic prescribing for sinusitis, and Icelandic GPs for pharyngotonsillitis. No differences were found for acute otitis media (AOM). The different antibiotic prescribing patterns between Denmark and Iceland could not fully be explained by different symptoms and signs among patients.Conclusion: Icelandic GPs have a higher antibiotic prescribing rate compared with Danish GPs, but the percentage of inappropriate antibiotic prescribing is highest in Denmark for sinusitis, and in Iceland for pharyngotonsillitis. Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland University of Southern Denmark Research Portal Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care 33 4 269 274 |
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Adolescent Adult Aged Anti-Bacterial Agents Bacterial Infections/drug therapy Child Clinical Audit Cross-Sectional Studies Denmark/epidemiology Drug Resistance Bacterial Family Practice/statistics & numerical data Female Humans Iceland/epidemiology Inappropriate Prescribing/statistics & numerical data Male Middle Aged Practice Patterns Physicians'/standards Respiratory Tract Infections/drug therapy Young Adult Sigurdardottir, N. R. Nielsen, A. B. S. Munck, A. Bjerrum, L. Appropriateness of antibiotic prescribing for upper respiratory tract infections in general practice:Comparison between Denmark and Iceland |
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Objective: To compare the appropriateness of antibiotic prescribing for upper respiratory tract infections (URTIs) in two countries with different prevalence of antimicrobial resistance: Denmark and Iceland.Design: A cross-sectional study. Settings and subjects. General practitioners (GPs) in Denmark (n=78) and Iceland (n=21) registered all patients with URTI according to the Audit Project Odense (APO) method during a three-week period in the winter months of 2008 and 2009.Main outcome measures: Appropriateness of antibiotic prescribing in patients with URTI in Denmark and Iceland.Results: A total of 1428 patients were registered (Denmark: n=1208; Iceland: n=220). A majority of patients in both countries were prescribed antibiotics, and only a minority of the prescriptions could be classified as appropriate prescribing. In general, Icelandic GPs more often prescribed antibiotics (Iceland=75.8% vs. Denmark=59.3%), but Danish GPs had a higher percentage of inappropriate antibiotic prescribing for sinusitis, and Icelandic GPs for pharyngotonsillitis. No differences were found for acute otitis media (AOM). The different antibiotic prescribing patterns between Denmark and Iceland could not fully be explained by different symptoms and signs among patients.Conclusion: Icelandic GPs have a higher antibiotic prescribing rate compared with Danish GPs, but the percentage of inappropriate antibiotic prescribing is highest in Denmark for sinusitis, and in Iceland for pharyngotonsillitis. |
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Sigurdardottir, N. R. Nielsen, A. B. S. Munck, A. Bjerrum, L. |
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Appropriateness of antibiotic prescribing for upper respiratory tract infections in general practice:Comparison between Denmark and Iceland |
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Appropriateness of antibiotic prescribing for upper respiratory tract infections in general practice:Comparison between Denmark and Iceland |
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Appropriateness of antibiotic prescribing for upper respiratory tract infections in general practice:Comparison between Denmark and Iceland |
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Appropriateness of antibiotic prescribing for upper respiratory tract infections in general practice:Comparison between Denmark and Iceland |
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Sigurdardottir , N R , Nielsen , A B S , Munck , A & Bjerrum , L 2015 , ' Appropriateness of antibiotic prescribing for upper respiratory tract infections in general practice : Comparison between Denmark and Iceland ' , Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care , vol. 33 , no. 4 , pp. 269-274 . https://doi.org/10.3109/02813432.2015.1114349 |
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