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Knowledge, Attitude and Practices of Self-Medication Including Antibiotics among Health Care Professionals during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Pakistan: Findings and Implications
Since the emergence of COVID-19, several different medicines including antimicrobials have been administered to patients to treat COVID-19. This is despite limited evidence of the effectiveness of many of these, fueled by misinformation. These utilization patterns have resulted in concerns for patie...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10044347/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36978348 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics12030481 |
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author | Mustafa, Zia Ul Iqbal, Shahid Asif, Hafiz Rahil Salman, Muhammad Jabbar, Sehar Mallhi, Tauqeer Hussain Khan, Yusra Habib Sono, Tiyani Milta Schellack, Natalie Meyer, Johanna C. Godman, Brian |
author_facet | Mustafa, Zia Ul Iqbal, Shahid Asif, Hafiz Rahil Salman, Muhammad Jabbar, Sehar Mallhi, Tauqeer Hussain Khan, Yusra Habib Sono, Tiyani Milta Schellack, Natalie Meyer, Johanna C. Godman, Brian |
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description | Since the emergence of COVID-19, several different medicines including antimicrobials have been administered to patients to treat COVID-19. This is despite limited evidence of the effectiveness of many of these, fueled by misinformation. These utilization patterns have resulted in concerns for patients’ safety and a rise in antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Healthcare workers (HCWs) were required to serve in high-risk areas throughout the pandemic. Consequently, they may be inclined towards self-medication. However, they have a responsibility to ensure any medicines recommended or prescribed for the management of patients with COVID-19 are evidence-based. However, this is not always the case. A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted among HCWs in six districts of the Punjab to assess their knowledge, attitude and practices of self-medication during the ongoing pandemic. This included HCWs working a range of public sector hospitals in the Punjab Province. A total of 1173 HCWs were included in the final analysis. The majority of HCWs possessed good knowledge regarding self-medication and good attitudes. However, 60% were practicing self-medication amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The most frequent medicines consumed by the HCWs under self-medication were antipyretics (100%), antibiotics (80.4%) and vitamins (59.9%). Azithromycin was the most commonly purchase antibiotic (35.1%). In conclusion, HCWs possess good knowledge of, and attitude regarding, medicines they purchased. However, there are concerns that high rates of purchasing antibiotics, especially “Watch” antibiotics, for self-medication may enhance AMR. This needs addressing. |
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spelling | pubmed-100443472023-03-29 Knowledge, Attitude and Practices of Self-Medication Including Antibiotics among Health Care Professionals during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Pakistan: Findings and Implications Mustafa, Zia Ul Iqbal, Shahid Asif, Hafiz Rahil Salman, Muhammad Jabbar, Sehar Mallhi, Tauqeer Hussain Khan, Yusra Habib Sono, Tiyani Milta Schellack, Natalie Meyer, Johanna C. Godman, Brian Antibiotics (Basel) Article Since the emergence of COVID-19, several different medicines including antimicrobials have been administered to patients to treat COVID-19. This is despite limited evidence of the effectiveness of many of these, fueled by misinformation. These utilization patterns have resulted in concerns for patients’ safety and a rise in antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Healthcare workers (HCWs) were required to serve in high-risk areas throughout the pandemic. Consequently, they may be inclined towards self-medication. However, they have a responsibility to ensure any medicines recommended or prescribed for the management of patients with COVID-19 are evidence-based. However, this is not always the case. A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted among HCWs in six districts of the Punjab to assess their knowledge, attitude and practices of self-medication during the ongoing pandemic. This included HCWs working a range of public sector hospitals in the Punjab Province. A total of 1173 HCWs were included in the final analysis. The majority of HCWs possessed good knowledge regarding self-medication and good attitudes. However, 60% were practicing self-medication amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The most frequent medicines consumed by the HCWs under self-medication were antipyretics (100%), antibiotics (80.4%) and vitamins (59.9%). Azithromycin was the most commonly purchase antibiotic (35.1%). In conclusion, HCWs possess good knowledge of, and attitude regarding, medicines they purchased. However, there are concerns that high rates of purchasing antibiotics, especially “Watch” antibiotics, for self-medication may enhance AMR. This needs addressing. MDPI 2023-02-28 /pmc/articles/PMC10044347/ /pubmed/36978348 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics12030481 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Mustafa, Zia Ul Iqbal, Shahid Asif, Hafiz Rahil Salman, Muhammad Jabbar, Sehar Mallhi, Tauqeer Hussain Khan, Yusra Habib Sono, Tiyani Milta Schellack, Natalie Meyer, Johanna C. Godman, Brian Knowledge, Attitude and Practices of Self-Medication Including Antibiotics among Health Care Professionals during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Pakistan: Findings and Implications |
title | Knowledge, Attitude and Practices of Self-Medication Including Antibiotics among Health Care Professionals during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Pakistan: Findings and Implications |
title_full | Knowledge, Attitude and Practices of Self-Medication Including Antibiotics among Health Care Professionals during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Pakistan: Findings and Implications |
title_fullStr | Knowledge, Attitude and Practices of Self-Medication Including Antibiotics among Health Care Professionals during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Pakistan: Findings and Implications |
title_full_unstemmed | Knowledge, Attitude and Practices of Self-Medication Including Antibiotics among Health Care Professionals during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Pakistan: Findings and Implications |
title_short | Knowledge, Attitude and Practices of Self-Medication Including Antibiotics among Health Care Professionals during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Pakistan: Findings and Implications |
title_sort | knowledge, attitude and practices of self-medication including antibiotics among health care professionals during the covid-19 pandemic in pakistan: findings and implications |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10044347/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36978348 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics12030481 |
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