Attitudes and Behaviours to Antimicrobial Prescribing following Introduction of a Smartphone App

Preet Panesar, Alisdair Jones, Alicia Aldous, Katharina Kranzer, Eamus Halpin, Helen Fifer, Bruce Macrae, Carmel Curtis and Gabriele Pollara

PLOS ONE, 2016, vol. 11, issue 4, 1-9

Abstract: Objectives: Our hospital replaced the format for delivering portable antimicrobial prescribing guidance from a paper-based pocket guide to a smartphone application (app). We used this opportunity to assess the relationship between its use and the attitudes and behaviours of antimicrobial prescribers. Methods: We used 2 structured cross-sectional questionnaires issued just prior to and 3 months following the launch of the smartphone app. Ordinal Likert scale responses to both frequencies of use and agreement statements permitted quantitative assessment of the relationship between variables. Results: The smartphone app was used more frequently than the pocket guide it replaced (p

Date: 2016
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