Publications by authors named "Dominique L A Lescure"
Contact investigations for antibiotic-resistant bacteria: a mixed-methods study of patients' comprehension of and compliance with self-sampling requests post-discharge.
Antimicrob Resist Infect Control
August 2023
Background: Contact investigation is an important tool to identify unrecognized patients who are colonized with antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Many Dutch hospitals include already discharged contact patients by sending them a self-sampling request at home, incl. an information letter and sampling materials.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFImmigrants constitute large proportions of the population in many high-income countries. Knowledge about their perceptions of antibiotics, in comparison to native populations, is limited. We explored these perceptions by organizing nine homogeneous focus group discussions (FGDs) with first-generation immigrant and native Dutch participants (N = 64) from Rotterdam and Utrecht, who were recruited with the assistance of immigrant (community support) organizations.
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- Healthcare professionals, particularly GPs, perceive that recent immigrant patients are more likely to expect antibiotics compared to native Dutch patients, but this expectation has declined in recent years.
- GPs face challenges with language barriers when interacting with immigrant patients, which increases diagnostic uncertainty and complicates communication, potentially leading to inappropriate antibiotic prescriptions.
- Both GPs and pharmacists recognize the need for multi-language support and effective communication strategies to improve patient interactions and reduce the risk of unnecessary antibiotic use.