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Table 1 Study characteristics

From: How do aged-care staff feel about antimicrobial stewardship? A systematic review of staff attitudes in long-term residential aged-care

Author (year)

Sample size

Location

Staff targeted

Study design

Additional components of study

Ahouah et al. [3]

109

France

Level 1 nursing staff

Cross sectional self-report survey

 

Beeber et al. [9]

881

USA

Level 1 nursing staff

Cross sectional self-report survey

Discrete choice experiments with case vignette

Drekonja et al. [19]

534

USA

Level 1, 2 and 3 nursing staff and physicians

Cross sectional self-report survey

 

Gahr et al. [25]

592

USA

Prescribers, nurse practitioners (NPs), DONs (Director of Nurses), and ICPs

Cross sectional self-report survey

 

Hale et al. [27]

140

USA

Level 1 and 2 nursing staff

Pre-post self-report survey with an intervention

Educational intervention

Kidd et al. [32]

39

Belgium

Medical Coordinators (prescribers)

Cross-sectional self-report survey

 

Jump et al. [28]

71

USA

Physicians, NPs and physician assistants

Pre-post self-report survey with an intervention

Educational intervention

Kistler et al. [35]

30

USA

Level 2 and 3 nursing staff and Prescribers

Cross-sectional self-report survey

Semi-structured interviews

Kistler et al. [33]

31

USA

Level 1, 2 and 3 nursing staff

Cross-sectional survey self-report

Case vignettes

Lacey [37]

34

USA

Social workers

Cross sectional self-report survey

 

Pringle et al. [50]

24

Australia

Care managers and Pharmacists

Cross-sectional self-report survey

 

Scales et al. [51]

31

USA

Level 1 and 2 nursing staff, DONs, infection control practitioner (ICP), and prescribers

Cross sectional self-report survey

Open ended questions

Wagner et al. (2019)

180

USA

DONs

Cross sectional self-report survey

 

Wilson et al. [63]

103

USA

Level 1 and 2 nursing staff

Pre-post self-report survey with an intervention

Educational intervention