Antibiotics Overuse in Children with Upper Respiratory Tract Infections in Saudi Arabia: Risk Factors and Potential Interventions

摘要: Background: Antibiotics misuse is currently one of the major public health issues worldwide. This lead to development bacterial resistance, increasing burden chronic diseases, rising costs services, and side effects. Several factors may influence this pattern overuse. Objectives:This article will re- view pertinent contributing overuse antibiotics worldwide, assess intervention strategies limit Methods: studies about use in children were reviewed from several electronic databases, such as MEDLINE Pubmed. Results: Factors could include psychosocial factors, behaviors attitudes (e.g. self-medication, over-the-counter medication, or patients/parents pressure), demo- graphic socio-economic status education level. reported be ef- fective reducing antibiotics, education, doctor-patient communication, policies change. Multifaceted interventions found most effective