Impact of WHO AWaRe Antibiotic Handbook training on antibiotics prescribing knowledge among private primary care providers: a vignette-based, prep–post pilot study in Patna, India
Pilot study evaluates antibiotic prescribing knowledge in private primary care providers, suggesting improvements post-training.
Key Points
This research aimed to evaluate the impact of WHO AWaRe Antibiotic Handbook training on antibiotic prescribing knowledge among private primary care providers in Patna, India.
Conducted a pre–post pilot study with 145 private primary care providers.
Provided training by an infectious disease physician on the WHO AWaRe Handbook.
Assessed antibiotic prescribing knowledge using clinical vignettes for four conditions.
Analyzed changes in prescribing knowledge using McNemar's test.
Significant improvement in antibiotic prescribing knowledge for acute diarrhea and UTI (p = 0.0003 and p = 0.0113, respectively).
Greater reductions in knowledge noted among informal primary care providers compared to formal ones.
75% of providers reported the training as moderately or very useful.