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

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

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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

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  • Preet Panesar & Alisdair Jones & Alicia Aldous & Katharina Kranzer & Eamus Halpin & Helen Fifer & Bruce Macrae & Carmel Curtis & Gabriele Pollara, 2016. "Attitudes and Behaviours to Antimicrobial Prescribing following Introduction of a Smartphone App," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 11(4), pages 1-9, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0154202
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0154202
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