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Perspectives of Healthcare Professionals Regarding Factors Associated with Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) and Their Consequences: A Cross Sectional Study in Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia

Factors reported in the literature associated with inappropriate prescribing of antimicrobials include physicians with less experience, uncertain diagnosis, and patient caregiver influences on physicians’ decisions. Monitoring antimicrobial resistance is critical for identifying emerging resistance...

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Autores principales: Baraka, Mohamed A., Alboghdadly, Amany, Alshawwa, Samar, Elnour, Asim Ahmed, Alsultan, Hassan, Alsalman, Taha, Alaithan, Hussain, Islam, Md. Ashraful, El-Fass, Kareem Ahmed, Mohamed, Yehia, Alasseri, Abdulsalam A., Fahelelbum, Khairi Mustafa
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Publicado: MDPI 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8300731/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34356799
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics10070878
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author Baraka, Mohamed A.
Alboghdadly, Amany
Alshawwa, Samar
Elnour, Asim Ahmed
Alsultan, Hassan
Alsalman, Taha
Alaithan, Hussain
Islam, Md. Ashraful
El-Fass, Kareem Ahmed
Mohamed, Yehia
Alasseri, Abdulsalam A.
Fahelelbum, Khairi Mustafa
author_facet Baraka, Mohamed A.
Alboghdadly, Amany
Alshawwa, Samar
Elnour, Asim Ahmed
Alsultan, Hassan
Alsalman, Taha
Alaithan, Hussain
Islam, Md. Ashraful
El-Fass, Kareem Ahmed
Mohamed, Yehia
Alasseri, Abdulsalam A.
Fahelelbum, Khairi Mustafa
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description Factors reported in the literature associated with inappropriate prescribing of antimicrobials include physicians with less experience, uncertain diagnosis, and patient caregiver influences on physicians’ decisions. Monitoring antimicrobial resistance is critical for identifying emerging resistance patterns, developing, and assessing the effectiveness of mitigation strategies. Improvement in prescribing antimicrobials would minimize the risk of resistance and, consequently, improve patients’ clinical and health outcomes. The purpose of the study is to delineate factors associated with antimicrobial resistance, describe the factors influencing prescriber’s choice during prescribing of antimicrobial, and examine factors related to consequences of inappropriate prescribing of antimicrobial. A cross-sectional study was conducted among healthcare providers (190) in six tertiary hospitals in the Eastern province of Saudi Arabia. The research panel has developed, validated, and piloted survey specific with closed-ended questions. A value of p < 0.05 was considered to be statistically significant. All data analysis was performed using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (IBM SPSS version 23.0). 72.7% of the respondents have agreed that poor skills and knowledge are key factors that contribute to the inappropriate prescribing of antimicrobials. All of the respondents acknowledged effectiveness, previous experience with the antimicrobial, and reading scientific materials (such as books, articles, and the internet) as being key factors influencing physicians’ choice during antimicrobial prescribing. The current study has identified comprehensive education and training needs for healthcare providers about antimicrobial resistance. Using antimicrobials unnecessarily, insufficient duration of antimicrobial use, and using broad spectrum antimicrobials were reported to be common practices. Furthermore, poor skills and knowledge were a key factor that contributed to the inappropriate use and overuse of antimicrobials, and the use of antimicrobials without a physician’s prescription (i.e., self-medication) represent key factors which contribute to AMR from participants’ perspectives. Furthermore, internal policy and guidelines are needed to ensure that the antimicrobials are prescribed in accordance with standard protocols and clinical guidelines.
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spelling pubmed-83007312021-07-24 Perspectives of Healthcare Professionals Regarding Factors Associated with Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) and Their Consequences: A Cross Sectional Study in Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia Baraka, Mohamed A. Alboghdadly, Amany Alshawwa, Samar Elnour, Asim Ahmed Alsultan, Hassan Alsalman, Taha Alaithan, Hussain Islam, Md. Ashraful El-Fass, Kareem Ahmed Mohamed, Yehia Alasseri, Abdulsalam A. Fahelelbum, Khairi Mustafa Antibiotics (Basel) Article Factors reported in the literature associated with inappropriate prescribing of antimicrobials include physicians with less experience, uncertain diagnosis, and patient caregiver influences on physicians’ decisions. Monitoring antimicrobial resistance is critical for identifying emerging resistance patterns, developing, and assessing the effectiveness of mitigation strategies. Improvement in prescribing antimicrobials would minimize the risk of resistance and, consequently, improve patients’ clinical and health outcomes. The purpose of the study is to delineate factors associated with antimicrobial resistance, describe the factors influencing prescriber’s choice during prescribing of antimicrobial, and examine factors related to consequences of inappropriate prescribing of antimicrobial. A cross-sectional study was conducted among healthcare providers (190) in six tertiary hospitals in the Eastern province of Saudi Arabia. The research panel has developed, validated, and piloted survey specific with closed-ended questions. A value of p < 0.05 was considered to be statistically significant. All data analysis was performed using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (IBM SPSS version 23.0). 72.7% of the respondents have agreed that poor skills and knowledge are key factors that contribute to the inappropriate prescribing of antimicrobials. All of the respondents acknowledged effectiveness, previous experience with the antimicrobial, and reading scientific materials (such as books, articles, and the internet) as being key factors influencing physicians’ choice during antimicrobial prescribing. The current study has identified comprehensive education and training needs for healthcare providers about antimicrobial resistance. Using antimicrobials unnecessarily, insufficient duration of antimicrobial use, and using broad spectrum antimicrobials were reported to be common practices. Furthermore, poor skills and knowledge were a key factor that contributed to the inappropriate use and overuse of antimicrobials, and the use of antimicrobials without a physician’s prescription (i.e., self-medication) represent key factors which contribute to AMR from participants’ perspectives. Furthermore, internal policy and guidelines are needed to ensure that the antimicrobials are prescribed in accordance with standard protocols and clinical guidelines. MDPI 2021-07-19 /pmc/articles/PMC8300731/ /pubmed/34356799 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics10070878 Text en © 2021 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/).
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Baraka, Mohamed A.
Alboghdadly, Amany
Alshawwa, Samar
Elnour, Asim Ahmed
Alsultan, Hassan
Alsalman, Taha
Alaithan, Hussain
Islam, Md. Ashraful
El-Fass, Kareem Ahmed
Mohamed, Yehia
Alasseri, Abdulsalam A.
Fahelelbum, Khairi Mustafa
Perspectives of Healthcare Professionals Regarding Factors Associated with Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) and Their Consequences: A Cross Sectional Study in Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia
title Perspectives of Healthcare Professionals Regarding Factors Associated with Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) and Their Consequences: A Cross Sectional Study in Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia
title_full Perspectives of Healthcare Professionals Regarding Factors Associated with Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) and Their Consequences: A Cross Sectional Study in Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia
title_fullStr Perspectives of Healthcare Professionals Regarding Factors Associated with Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) and Their Consequences: A Cross Sectional Study in Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia
title_full_unstemmed Perspectives of Healthcare Professionals Regarding Factors Associated with Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) and Their Consequences: A Cross Sectional Study in Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia
title_short Perspectives of Healthcare Professionals Regarding Factors Associated with Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) and Their Consequences: A Cross Sectional Study in Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia
title_sort perspectives of healthcare professionals regarding factors associated with antimicrobial resistance (amr) and their consequences: a cross sectional study in eastern province of saudi arabia
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8300731/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34356799
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics10070878
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