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Table 1 Nine-point Likert scale for participants to rate the candidate outcomes

From: Dental antibiotic stewardship: study protocol for developing international consensus on a core outcome set

Outcome

Not important

Important but not critical

Critical

 

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

Unable to rate

Antibiotic use

Amount (e.g. number) of antibiotics prescribed

          

Rate of antibiotic prescribing

          

Appropriateness of antibiotic prescribing

          

Complications or harm

Complications or harm resulting from antibiotic treatment

          

Complications or harm resulting from disease progression

          

Complications of harm resulting from surgical site (wound) infection

          

Complications or harm resulting from distance site infection (elsewhere in the body)

          

Need for escalation of care

          

Serious adverse outcomes

          

Patient-reported measures

Satisfaction with the result (outcome) of the care provided

          

Satisfaction with the dental treatment provided

          

Need to taking time off usual responsibilities

          

Mental health impact

          

Ability to carry on with daily life as normal

          

Cost of the intervention

Cost to the healthcare system

          

Cost to dental prescribers

          

Cost to patients

          

Time to clinical response (for studies of therapeutic dental antibiotic prescribing)

Time taken until treatment

          

Time until symptom resolution (after treatment)

          

Severity of symptoms whilst waiting for resolution (after treatment)

          

Number of unplanned return dental visits (after treatment)