Title |
Effect of a multi-faceted quality improvement intervention on inappropriate antibiotic use in children with non-bloody diarrhoea admitted to district hospitals in Kenya
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Published in |
BMC Pediatrics, November 2011
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DOI | 10.1186/1471-2431-11-109 |
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Authors |
Charles Opondo, Philip Ayieko, Stephen Ntoburi, John Wagai, Newton Opiyo, Grace Irimu, Elizabeth Allen, James Carpenter, Mike English |
Abstract |
There are few reports of interventions to reduce the common but irrational use of antibiotics for acute non-bloody diarrhoea amongst hospitalised children in low-income settings. We undertook a secondary analysis of data from an intervention comprising training of health workers, facilitation, supervision and face-to-face feedback, to assess whether it reduced inappropriate use of antibiotics in children with non-bloody diarrhoea and no co-morbidities requiring antibiotics, compared to a partial intervention comprising didactic training and written feedback only. This outcome was not a pre-specified end-point of the main trial. |
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United States | 1 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
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Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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Brazil | 2 | 1% |
Indonesia | 1 | <1% |
Ireland | 1 | <1% |
France | 1 | <1% |
Kenya | 1 | <1% |
United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
Unknown | 134 | 95% |
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Student > Master | 31 | 22% |
Researcher | 22 | 16% |
Student > Ph. D. Student | 12 | 9% |
Student > Bachelor | 12 | 9% |
Student > Doctoral Student | 10 | 7% |
Other | 28 | 20% |
Unknown | 26 | 18% |
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Medicine and Dentistry | 58 | 41% |
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 9 | 6% |
Social Sciences | 8 | 6% |
Nursing and Health Professions | 7 | 5% |
Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 7 | 5% |
Other | 24 | 17% |
Unknown | 28 | 20% |