General practitioners' knowledge, attitude and prescribing of antibiotics for upper respiratory tract infections in Selangor, Malaysia: findings and implications

• Published in: Expert review of anti-infective therapy Vol. 13; no. 4; p. 511
• Main Authors: Hassali, Mohamed Azmi, Kamil, Tengku Karmila Tengku, Md Yusof, Faridah Aryani, Alrasheedy, Alian A, Yusoff, Zuraidah Mohd, Saleem, Fahad, Al-Tamimi, Saleh Karamah, Wong, Zhi Yen, Aljadhey, Hisham, Godman, Brian
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England 01.04.2015
• Subjects: Anti-Bacterial Agents - economics; Anti-Bacterial Agents - therapeutic use; Cross-Sectional Studies; Drug Prescriptions - economics; Drug Prescriptions - statistics & numerical data; Drug Utilization; Female; General Practitioners - education; General Practitioners - psychology; Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; Humans; Malaysia; Male; Practice Patterns, Physicians' - statistics & numerical data; Respiratory Tract Infections - diagnosis; Respiratory Tract Infections - drug therapy; Respiratory Tract Infections - microbiology; Respiratory Tract Infections - psychology; Surveys and Questionnaires; Malaysia; respiratory tract infections; irrational use of medicines; physicians; patients; Malaysia; education programs; antibiotics

Antibiotics are widely prescribed especially for upper respiratory tract infections (URTIs). Their irrational use can increase costs and resistance. Assess knowledge, attitude and prescribing of antibiotics for URTIs in Selangor, Malaysia, using a cross-sectional survey among general practitioners (...