Reported Practices Related to Judicious Antibiotic Prescribing
| Practice | Total No. (%) | Intervention No. (%) | Control No. (%) | P Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AOM = acute otitis media. | ||||
| Note: Numbers and percentages vary between items due to differing numbers of missing values. | ||||
| a Fisher’s exact test. | ||||
| During the past 3 years, has antibiotic use in your practice | .03a | |||
| Decreased | 113 (68) | 73 (75) | 40 (58) | |
| Remained the same | 49 (30) | 23 (24) | 26 (38) | |
| Increased | 4 (2) | 1 (1) | 3 (4) | |
| During the past 3 years, has parental demand for inappropriate antibiotics in your practicea | .19 | |||
| Decreased | 94 (57) | 61 (63) | 33 (49) | |
| Remained the same | 59 (36) | 30 (31) | 29 (43) | |
| Increased | 12 (7) | 6 (6) | 6 (9) | |
| Use watchful waiting for uncomplicated AOM in children 2 years old or greater “occasionally” or more | 100 (63) | 64 (67) | 36 (56) | .18 |
| Use high-dose amoxicillin (75–90 mg/kg/d) for initial antibiotic treatment of AOM among otherwise healthy children under 2 years old (“most of the time” or “always”) | 68 (41) | 40 (41) | 28 (41) | .99a |
| Prescribe antibiotics for pharyngitis before test results known ≤10% of the time | 148 (90) | 89 (93) | 59 (87) | .21 |
| Days of symptoms before prescribing antibiotics for sinusitis in a 3-year-old child with cough but no fever ≥14 or “never” | 96 (58) | 56 (58) | 40 (57) | .88 |