Jeffrey N Love, Anne M Messman, Jonathan S Ilgen, Chris Merritt, Wendy C Coates, Douglas S Ander, David P Way
Development and Validation of a Scoring Rubric for Editorial Evaluation of Peer-review Quality: A Pilot Study
The western journal of emergency medicine
despite childhood infections selflimiting children among leading consumers antibiotics little known parental expectations antibiotics childhood infections comprehensive systematic review metaanalysis conducted explore nature extent parental expectations antibiotic prescriptions children respiratory infections systematic review metaanalysis extensive literature search using six major scientific databases conducted published articles 7 december 2022 primary studies reporting parents expectations antibiotics children upper respiratory tract infections included assessment quality heterogeneity studies assessed using i2 statistic publication bias analyzed using funnel plots egger regression tests primary outcome summary estimate percentage parents expect antibiotics physicians child presents upper respiratory tract infection total 4510 studies found initial searches final pool 19 eligible studies 15664 individuals included metaanalysis nine 19 studies united states saudi arabia pooled prevalence parental expectations antibiotics population reviewed 5578 95 ci 44606641 significant heterogeneity studies funnel plot metaregression detect publication bias half parents expect antibiotics children consultation upper respiratory tract infections practices may cause undue side effects among children contribute growing burden antibiotic resistance lead treatment failure many common infections future optimize efforts tackle antimicrobial resistance shared decisionmaking education emphasizing proper judicious use antibiotics much needed pediatric healthcare settings also help manage parents expectations seeking antibiotics children despite pressure parents pediatric healthcare providers continue advocate antibiotic use warranted help improve knowledge awareness amongst parents protocol registered prospero crd42022364198