Antibiotic Prescription Adherence
Adherence to antibiotic prescriptions by patients during the study was high, with most patients completing their antibiotic prescriptions in both the intervention and control arms (117 of 131, 89.3% vs 160 of 171, 93.6%, respectively; Adherence to the prescription as measured by qualitative methods was high with no difference between arms, 277 of 293 (94.5%) in the intervention arm and 308 of 321 (96.0%) in the control arm (diff = −1.4%; 95% CI, −5.1 to 2.3). Adherence to prescriptions was high in both arms, irrespective of the clinical outcome. No significant difference in adherence was seen between the arms by combining pill counts and qualitative interviews. Adherence to prescription was also high among patients without an antibiotic prescription, and there was no difference between arms.