CHARLOTTE DOIDGE CHARLOTTE.DOIDGE@NOTTINGHAM.AC.UK
Research Fellow
To prescribe or not to prescribe? A factorial survey to explore veterinarians’ decision making when prescribing antimicrobials to sheep and beef farmers in the UK
Doidge, Charlotte; Hudson, Chris; Lovatt, Fiona; Kaler, Jasmeet
Authors
CHRISTOPHER HUDSON chris.hudson@nottingham.ac.uk
Professor of Dairy Herd Health and Production
FIONA LOVATT FIONA.LOVATT@NOTTINGHAM.AC.UK
Clinical Associate Professor
JASMEET KALER JASMEET.KALER@NOTTINGHAM.AC.UK
Professor of Epidemiology & Precision Livestock Informatics
Contributors
Simon Russell Clegg
Editor
Abstract
Resistance to antimicrobials is one of the biggest challenges worldwide for public health. A key strategy for tackling this is ensuring judicious use of antimicrobials in human and veterinary medicine. Whilst there are many studies in human medicine investigating prescribing behaviour of doctors, there is limited work to understand what factors influence veterinarian prescribing behaviour. Veterinarians often prescribe antimicrobials to sheep and beef farmers in contexts other than at a clinical consultation, and decision-making behind this has not been explored. The aim of this study was to measure, for the first time, the influence of factors from social theories on veterinarians’ decision to prescribe antimicrobials to sheep and beef farmers without a clinical consultation, using a factorial survey approach. Respondents were presented with eight vignette scenarios, where a farmer asks for antimicrobials at the veterinary practice. Seven factors, identified from constructs of social theories, were included in the vignettes. Random intercept and random slope models were built to estimate the effects of the vignette factors and vet characteristics on the respondents’ willingness to prescribe ratings. A total of 306 surveys were completed. The vignette factors: case type, farmer relationship, other veterinarians in practice, time pressure, habit, willingness to pay, and confidence in the farmer, were significant in the decision to prescribe. Confidence in the farmer was the most influential vignette variable, and was included as a random slope effect. Respondent variables with significant influence on the decision to prescribe were agreeableness personality score, region of veterinary practice, and presence of a small animal department. These influential factors could be considered to target interventions in beef and sheep farm animal veterinary practice for improved antimicrobial stewardship.
Citation
Doidge, C., Hudson, C., Lovatt, F., & Kaler, J. (2019). To prescribe or not to prescribe? A factorial survey to explore veterinarians’ decision making when prescribing antimicrobials to sheep and beef farmers in the UK. PLoS ONE, 14(4), Article e0213855. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0213855
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Mar 3, 2019 |
Online Publication Date | Apr 9, 2019 |
Publication Date | Apr 9, 2019 |
Deposit Date | May 9, 2019 |
Publicly Available Date | May 9, 2019 |
Journal | PLoS ONE |
Electronic ISSN | 1932-6203 |
Publisher | Public Library of Science |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 14 |
Issue | 4 |
Article Number | e0213855 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0213855 |
Keywords | General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology; General Agricultural and Biological Sciences; General Medicine |
Public URL | https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1874597 |
Publisher URL | https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0213855 |
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