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Dispensing Antibiotics without a Prescription for Acute Cough Associated with Common Cold at Community Pharmacies in Shenyang, Northeastern China: A Cross-Sectional Study
The inappropriate use of antibiotics is a major health issue in China. We aimed to assess nonprescription antibiotic dispensing and assess pharmacy service practice at community pharmacies in Shenyang, northeastern China, and to compare these practices between pediatric and adult cases. A cross-sect...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7235837/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32268530 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics9040163 |
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author | Shi, Li Chang, Jie Liu, Xiaoxi Zhai, Panpan Hu, Shuchen Li, Pengchao Hayat, Khezar Kabba, John Alimamy Feng, Zhitong Yang, Caijun Jiang, Minghuan Zhao, Mingyue Hu, Hao Fang, Yu |
author_facet | Shi, Li Chang, Jie Liu, Xiaoxi Zhai, Panpan Hu, Shuchen Li, Pengchao Hayat, Khezar Kabba, John Alimamy Feng, Zhitong Yang, Caijun Jiang, Minghuan Zhao, Mingyue Hu, Hao Fang, Yu |
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description | The inappropriate use of antibiotics is a major health issue in China. We aimed to assess nonprescription antibiotic dispensing and assess pharmacy service practice at community pharmacies in Shenyang, northeastern China, and to compare these practices between pediatric and adult cases. A cross-sectional study was performed from March to May 2018 using the standardized client method. Two different simulated scenarios were presented at pharmacies, namely, pediatric and adult acute cough associated with a common cold. Of 150 pharmacy visits, 147 visits were completed (pediatric case: 73, adult case: 74). A total of 130 (88.4%) community pharmacies dispensed antibiotics without a prescription, with a significant difference between pediatric and adult cases (pediatric case, 79.5% versus adult case, 97.3%, p = 0.005). Symptoms were asked in most visits (pediatric case: 82.2%, adult case 82.4%). Patients’ previous treatment and history of allergies were both inquired more frequently in the pediatric cases than in the adult cases. Medication advice was provided more often in the adult cases than in pediatric cases. Antibiotics were easily obtained without a prescription in Shenyang, especially for adult patients. Adequate inquiries and counseling had not occurred in most pharmacies. |
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spelling | pubmed-72358372020-05-22 Dispensing Antibiotics without a Prescription for Acute Cough Associated with Common Cold at Community Pharmacies in Shenyang, Northeastern China: A Cross-Sectional Study Shi, Li Chang, Jie Liu, Xiaoxi Zhai, Panpan Hu, Shuchen Li, Pengchao Hayat, Khezar Kabba, John Alimamy Feng, Zhitong Yang, Caijun Jiang, Minghuan Zhao, Mingyue Hu, Hao Fang, Yu Antibiotics (Basel) Article The inappropriate use of antibiotics is a major health issue in China. We aimed to assess nonprescription antibiotic dispensing and assess pharmacy service practice at community pharmacies in Shenyang, northeastern China, and to compare these practices between pediatric and adult cases. A cross-sectional study was performed from March to May 2018 using the standardized client method. Two different simulated scenarios were presented at pharmacies, namely, pediatric and adult acute cough associated with a common cold. Of 150 pharmacy visits, 147 visits were completed (pediatric case: 73, adult case: 74). A total of 130 (88.4%) community pharmacies dispensed antibiotics without a prescription, with a significant difference between pediatric and adult cases (pediatric case, 79.5% versus adult case, 97.3%, p = 0.005). Symptoms were asked in most visits (pediatric case: 82.2%, adult case 82.4%). Patients’ previous treatment and history of allergies were both inquired more frequently in the pediatric cases than in the adult cases. Medication advice was provided more often in the adult cases than in pediatric cases. Antibiotics were easily obtained without a prescription in Shenyang, especially for adult patients. Adequate inquiries and counseling had not occurred in most pharmacies. MDPI 2020-04-06 /pmc/articles/PMC7235837/ /pubmed/32268530 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics9040163 Text en © 2020 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/). |
spellingShingle | Article Shi, Li Chang, Jie Liu, Xiaoxi Zhai, Panpan Hu, Shuchen Li, Pengchao Hayat, Khezar Kabba, John Alimamy Feng, Zhitong Yang, Caijun Jiang, Minghuan Zhao, Mingyue Hu, Hao Fang, Yu Dispensing Antibiotics without a Prescription for Acute Cough Associated with Common Cold at Community Pharmacies in Shenyang, Northeastern China: A Cross-Sectional Study |
title | Dispensing Antibiotics without a Prescription for Acute Cough Associated with Common Cold at Community Pharmacies in Shenyang, Northeastern China: A Cross-Sectional Study |
title_full | Dispensing Antibiotics without a Prescription for Acute Cough Associated with Common Cold at Community Pharmacies in Shenyang, Northeastern China: A Cross-Sectional Study |
title_fullStr | Dispensing Antibiotics without a Prescription for Acute Cough Associated with Common Cold at Community Pharmacies in Shenyang, Northeastern China: A Cross-Sectional Study |
title_full_unstemmed | Dispensing Antibiotics without a Prescription for Acute Cough Associated with Common Cold at Community Pharmacies in Shenyang, Northeastern China: A Cross-Sectional Study |
title_short | Dispensing Antibiotics without a Prescription for Acute Cough Associated with Common Cold at Community Pharmacies in Shenyang, Northeastern China: A Cross-Sectional Study |
title_sort | dispensing antibiotics without a prescription for acute cough associated with common cold at community pharmacies in shenyang, northeastern china: a cross-sectional study |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7235837/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32268530 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics9040163 |
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