Reported Attitudes About Bacterial Antibiotic Resistance and Prescribing
| Question | Total | Intervention | Control | P Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Note: All figures are numbers (percentages) of responses of “moderately” or “a lot” on a 4-point scale, except where noted in the last row. Numbers and percentages vary between items due to differing numbers of missing values. | ||||
| Is bacterial antibiotic resistance a significant problem for children in your community? No. (%) | 95 (57) | 58 (60) | 37 (54) | .43 |
| Does antibiotic resistance currently have an impact on your own prescribing choices or patient outcomes? No. (%) | 109 (66) | 63 (65) | 46 (68) | .72 |
| Is parental demand for antibiotics a significant issue in your practice? No. (%) | 76 (46) | 42 (43) | 34 (50) | .40 |
| Do you believe antibiotics are overused in primary care practice for children? No. (%) | 144 (87) | 84 (88) | 60 (87) | .92 |
| How much, as a percentage, do you believe you could decrease your anti-biotic prescribing without changing the outcome? Mean % (SD) | 19 (12) | 18 (9) | 20 (15) | .38 |