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The Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices of Community Pharmacists in their Approach to Antibiotic Use: A Nationwide Survey in Italy

Background: This investigation has been carried out to evaluate the knowledge, attitudes, and practices toward antibiotic resistance and antibiotic use among community pharmacists in Italy and to investigate their influencing factors. Methods: A cross-sectional telephone survey using a semi-structur...

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Autores principales: Napolitano, Francesco, Della Polla, Giorgia, De Simone, Caterina, Lambiase, Chiara, Pelullo, Concetta Paola, Angelillo, Italo Francesco
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Publicado: MDPI 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6963544/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31591303
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics8040177
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author Napolitano, Francesco
Della Polla, Giorgia
De Simone, Caterina
Lambiase, Chiara
Pelullo, Concetta Paola
Angelillo, Italo Francesco
author_facet Napolitano, Francesco
Della Polla, Giorgia
De Simone, Caterina
Lambiase, Chiara
Pelullo, Concetta Paola
Angelillo, Italo Francesco
author_sort Napolitano, Francesco
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description Background: This investigation has been carried out to evaluate the knowledge, attitudes, and practices toward antibiotic resistance and antibiotic use among community pharmacists in Italy and to investigate their influencing factors. Methods: A cross-sectional telephone survey using a semi-structured interview was performed between September 2018 and April 2019 among a random sample of community pharmacists. Results: Almost two thirds (61.5%) correctly answered that the overuse of antibiotics in primary care, hospital settings, and veterinary medicine is a significant cause of antibiotic resistance. Males, those who worked a lower number of hours per week, and those who acquired information through scientific journals and educational activity were more likely to know that the overuse of antibiotics causes antibiotic resistance. More than two thirds of those pharmacists (70.8%) often or always inform the public about the risks of antibiotic resistance. Those who have been practicing for a higher number of years were more likely to act in that way, whereas pharmacy directors and those who did not need additional information on antibiotic resistance were less likely to inform the public. Conclusions: Pharmacists need to be aware of the issue of antibiotic resistance and policy makers should promote the implementation of antibiotic use public educational interventions in this setting.
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spelling pubmed-69635442020-01-30 The Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices of Community Pharmacists in their Approach to Antibiotic Use: A Nationwide Survey in Italy Napolitano, Francesco Della Polla, Giorgia De Simone, Caterina Lambiase, Chiara Pelullo, Concetta Paola Angelillo, Italo Francesco Antibiotics (Basel) Article Background: This investigation has been carried out to evaluate the knowledge, attitudes, and practices toward antibiotic resistance and antibiotic use among community pharmacists in Italy and to investigate their influencing factors. Methods: A cross-sectional telephone survey using a semi-structured interview was performed between September 2018 and April 2019 among a random sample of community pharmacists. Results: Almost two thirds (61.5%) correctly answered that the overuse of antibiotics in primary care, hospital settings, and veterinary medicine is a significant cause of antibiotic resistance. Males, those who worked a lower number of hours per week, and those who acquired information through scientific journals and educational activity were more likely to know that the overuse of antibiotics causes antibiotic resistance. More than two thirds of those pharmacists (70.8%) often or always inform the public about the risks of antibiotic resistance. Those who have been practicing for a higher number of years were more likely to act in that way, whereas pharmacy directors and those who did not need additional information on antibiotic resistance were less likely to inform the public. Conclusions: Pharmacists need to be aware of the issue of antibiotic resistance and policy makers should promote the implementation of antibiotic use public educational interventions in this setting. MDPI 2019-10-07 /pmc/articles/PMC6963544/ /pubmed/31591303 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics8040177 Text en © 2019 by the authors. 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 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Napolitano, Francesco
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Lambiase, Chiara
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Angelillo, Italo Francesco
The Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices of Community Pharmacists in their Approach to Antibiotic Use: A Nationwide Survey in Italy
title The Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices of Community Pharmacists in their Approach to Antibiotic Use: A Nationwide Survey in Italy
title_full The Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices of Community Pharmacists in their Approach to Antibiotic Use: A Nationwide Survey in Italy
title_fullStr The Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices of Community Pharmacists in their Approach to Antibiotic Use: A Nationwide Survey in Italy
title_full_unstemmed The Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices of Community Pharmacists in their Approach to Antibiotic Use: A Nationwide Survey in Italy
title_short The Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices of Community Pharmacists in their Approach to Antibiotic Use: A Nationwide Survey in Italy
title_sort knowledge, attitudes, and practices of community pharmacists in their approach to antibiotic use: a nationwide survey in italy
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6963544/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31591303
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics8040177
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