Posters that Contain Information About Antibiotic Related Harm Reduce Expectations for Antibiotic Treatment of Viral Upper Respiratory Tract Infections

摘要

BackgroundPatient-directed education that aims to lower patients’ expectations for antibiotics is a promising strategy to reduce antibiotic usage for viral upper respiratory tract infections (URTI). We aimed to test three posters on a patient population to see whether the messages were comparable in reducing expectations for antibiotics to treat URTI.