Antibiotics misuse : trends and attitude among Iraqi physicians
Other Title(s)
سوء استخدام المضادات الحيوية : الميول و السلوك بين الأطباء العراقيين
Joint Authors
al-Nasiri, Muhammad Said Abd al-Zahrah
Turki, Hamdi Khalaf
Hammud, Hanan Rahim
Source
Kufa Journal for Nursing Sciences
Issue
Vol. 9, Issue 2 (31 Dec. 2019), pp.1-9, 9 p.
Publisher
University of Kufa Faculty of Nursing \
Publication Date
2019-12-31
Country of Publication
Iraq
No. of Pages
9
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Background: Antibiotics Misuse is a worldwide health concern associated with an increased incidence of resistance to antibiotics.
Knowledge, attitudes, expectations, and practices of physicians regarding antibiotic prescription are essential to control the irrational use of antibiotics.Aim of the study: study the knowledge & attitude of Iraqi physicians towards the use of antibiotics.Methodology: This study is a cross-sectional study and the design used a questionnaire survey involved 350 physicians in Al-Najaf Iraq, 2019.
after expert people agreed on the final version of the questionnaire, ethical approval from the faculty of medicine’s ethics committee was guaranteed, then the link of the questionnaire was sent to a group of Iraqi physicians residing in Najaf governorate through What's App group made by Najaf chapter of Iraqi medical syndicate and responses were collected automatically by Google form.Results: 55 out of nearly 350 physicians respond to our questionnaire, 96.5 % of the participants had prescribed antibiotics for their patients; 72.7% they use only one antibiotic there is 21.8% uses two while still there is nearly 2% uses three per prescription.Conclusion: Antibiotics highly prescribed among study population.
The results highlight the need for training the health providers on safely antibiotic prescription.
There is need for development of national antibiotic stewardship program and guidance on common infection diagnosis and treatment.Recommendation: There is a need to set national guidelines for antibiotics prescribing.
American Psychological Association (APA)
al-Nasiri, Muhammad Said Abd al-Zahrah& Turki, Hamdi Khalaf& Hammud, Hanan Rahim. 2019. Antibiotics misuse : trends and attitude among Iraqi physicians. Kufa Journal for Nursing Sciences،Vol. 9, no. 2, pp.1-9.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
al-Nasiri, Muhammad Said Abd al-Zahrah…[et al.]. Antibiotics misuse : trends and attitude among Iraqi physicians. Kufa Journal for Nursing Sciences Vol. 9, no. 2 (2019), pp.1-9.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
al-Nasiri, Muhammad Said Abd al-Zahrah& Turki, Hamdi Khalaf& Hammud, Hanan Rahim. Antibiotics misuse : trends and attitude among Iraqi physicians. Kufa Journal for Nursing Sciences. 2019. Vol. 9, no. 2, pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-945985
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 8-9
Record ID
BIM-945985