Publication

Reducing expectations for antibiotics in patients with upper respiratory tract infections: a primary care randomised control trial

This study showed that patients who viewed a brief presentation about either the lack of benefit, or the risk of adverse effects of antibiotic treatment for upper respiratory tract infections while in the doctor's waiting room, were less likely to expect to be prescribed an antibiotic for their upper respiratory tract infection.

Authors
Anna Ishani Perera, Mark Greenslade Thomas, Keith James Petrie, Janet Frater, Daniel Dang,
Kiralee Ruth Schache, Amelia Frances Akroyd and Stephen Robert Ritchie
Journal
The Annals of Family Medicine
Year
2021
D.O.I
https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.2672