Retrospective Assessment of Antibiotics Prescribing at Public Primary Healthcare Facilities in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
المؤلفون المشاركون
Worku, Fikru
Tewahido, Dagmawit
المصدر
Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Infectious Diseases
العدد
المجلد 2018، العدد 2018 (31 ديسمبر/كانون الأول 2018)، ص ص. 1-9، 9ص.
الناشر
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
تاريخ النشر
2018-02-28
دولة النشر
مصر
عدد الصفحات
9
التخصصات الرئيسية
الملخص EN
Background.
Antibiotic overprescribing is the major driving force for the emergence of antibiotics resistance.
The aim of this study was to assess antibiotics prescribing at primary healthcare facilities in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Methods.
The study was conducted in six public health centers found in Addis Ababa City.
Data was collected retrospectively from a total of 900 prescriptions and selected medical charts of patients in the health centers in 2016.
Data was entered and analyzed using EPI Info 7 and SPSS 20, respectively.
Descriptive statistics and logistic regression analysis were used to analyze the data.
Results.
One or more antibiotics were prescribed in 56.0% of the prescriptions.
Antibiotics accounted for 46.0% of the total cost of medicines prescribed.
Amoxicillin was the most frequently (44.8%) prescribed antibiotic and upper respiratory tract infection was the most common (24.5%) diagnosis for prescribing antibiotics.
Laboratory investigation was done for only about 27% of the cases for which antibiotics were prescribed.
Conclusion.
There was a high rate of antibiotics prescribing in the health centers often empirically which might exacerbate the antimicrobial resistance situation in the country.
Large-scale study should be conducted to fully understand the prescribing pattern and identify the associated factors thereby design and implement appropriate interventions.
نمط استشهاد جمعية علماء النفس الأمريكية (APA)
Worku, Fikru& Tewahido, Dagmawit. 2018. Retrospective Assessment of Antibiotics Prescribing at Public Primary Healthcare Facilities in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Infectious Diseases،Vol. 2018, no. 2018, pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1175853
نمط استشهاد الجمعية الأمريكية للغات الحديثة (MLA)
Worku, Fikru& Tewahido, Dagmawit. Retrospective Assessment of Antibiotics Prescribing at Public Primary Healthcare Facilities in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Infectious Diseases No. 2018 (2018), pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1175853
نمط استشهاد الجمعية الطبية الأمريكية (AMA)
Worku, Fikru& Tewahido, Dagmawit. Retrospective Assessment of Antibiotics Prescribing at Public Primary Healthcare Facilities in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Infectious Diseases. 2018. Vol. 2018, no. 2018, pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1175853
نوع البيانات
مقالات
لغة النص
الإنجليزية
الملاحظات
Includes bibliographical references
رقم السجل
BIM-1175853
قاعدة معامل التأثير والاستشهادات المرجعية العربي "ارسيف Arcif"
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