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Emotional, cognitive and social factors of antimicrobial prescribing: can antimicrobial stewardship intervention be effective without addressing psycho-social factors?

Abstract There is increasing evidence that psycho-social factors can influence antimicrobial prescribing practice in hospitals and the community, and represent potential barriers to antimicrobial stewardship interventions. Clinicians are conditioned both by emotional and cognitive factors based on f...

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Published in:Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy 2019-10, Vol.74 (10), p.2844-2847
Main Authors: Donisi, V, Sibani, M, Carrara, E, Del Piccolo, L, Rimondini, M, Mazzaferri, F, Bovo, C, Tacconelli, E
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Language:English
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Summary:Abstract There is increasing evidence that psycho-social factors can influence antimicrobial prescribing practice in hospitals and the community, and represent potential barriers to antimicrobial stewardship interventions. Clinicians are conditioned both by emotional and cognitive factors based on fear, uncertainty, a set of beliefs, risk perception and cognitive bias, and by interpersonal factors established through social norms and peer and doctor–patient communication. However, a gap is emerging between research and practice, and no stewardship recommendation addresses the most appropriate human resource allocation or modalities to account for psycho-social determinants of prescribing. There is a need for translation of the evidence available from human behaviour studies to the design and implementation of stewardship interventions and policies at hospital and community levels. The integration of behaviour experts into multidisciplinary stewardship teams seems essential to positively impact on prescribers’ communication and decision-making competencies, and reduce inappropriate antibiotic prescribing.
ISSN:0305-7453
1460-2091
DOI:10.1093/jac/dkz308