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Knowledge, Attitude, and Prescription Practice on Antimicrobials Use Among Physicians: A Cross-Sectional Study in Eastern China
Over-prescription of antimicrobials for patients is a major driver of bacterial resistance. The aim of the present study was to assess the knowledge, attitude, and prescription practices regarding antimicrobials among physicians in the Zhejiang province in China, and identify the determining factors...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8661115/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34873939 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00469580211059984 |
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author | Xu, Rixiang Mu, Tingyu Jian, Wang Xu, Caiming Shi, Jing |
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description | Over-prescription of antimicrobials for patients is a major driver of bacterial resistance. The aim of the present study was to assess the knowledge, attitude, and prescription practices regarding antimicrobials among physicians in the Zhejiang province in China, and identify the determining factors. A total of 600 physicians in public county hospitals and township health institutions were surveyed cross-sectionally using a structured electronic questionnaire. The questionnaire was completed by 580 physicians and the response rate was 96.67%. The mean score of 11 terms related to antimicrobial knowledge was 6.81, and an average of 32.1% of patients with upper respiratory tract infections (URTIs) were prescribed antimicrobials. Multivariate analysis indicated that young general practitioners with less training are more likely to contribute to more frequent antimicrobial prescriptions (P < .05). In contrast, older physicians with more training are more willing to provide patients with the correct knowledge regarding antimicrobials and less likely to prescribe antimicrobials for URTIs. Correlation analysis showed that the level of physician's knowledge, attitude, and prescription practice is related (P < .05). In conclusion, proper prescription of antimicrobials depends on adequate knowledge and regular training programs for physicians. |
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spelling | pubmed-86611152021-12-11 Knowledge, Attitude, and Prescription Practice on Antimicrobials Use Among Physicians: A Cross-Sectional Study in Eastern China Xu, Rixiang Mu, Tingyu Jian, Wang Xu, Caiming Shi, Jing Inquiry Original Research Article Over-prescription of antimicrobials for patients is a major driver of bacterial resistance. The aim of the present study was to assess the knowledge, attitude, and prescription practices regarding antimicrobials among physicians in the Zhejiang province in China, and identify the determining factors. A total of 600 physicians in public county hospitals and township health institutions were surveyed cross-sectionally using a structured electronic questionnaire. The questionnaire was completed by 580 physicians and the response rate was 96.67%. The mean score of 11 terms related to antimicrobial knowledge was 6.81, and an average of 32.1% of patients with upper respiratory tract infections (URTIs) were prescribed antimicrobials. Multivariate analysis indicated that young general practitioners with less training are more likely to contribute to more frequent antimicrobial prescriptions (P < .05). In contrast, older physicians with more training are more willing to provide patients with the correct knowledge regarding antimicrobials and less likely to prescribe antimicrobials for URTIs. Correlation analysis showed that the level of physician's knowledge, attitude, and prescription practice is related (P < .05). In conclusion, proper prescription of antimicrobials depends on adequate knowledge and regular training programs for physicians. SAGE Publications 2021-12-07 /pmc/articles/PMC8661115/ /pubmed/34873939 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00469580211059984 Text en © The Author(s) 2021 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access pages (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage). |
spellingShingle | Original Research Article Xu, Rixiang Mu, Tingyu Jian, Wang Xu, Caiming Shi, Jing Knowledge, Attitude, and Prescription Practice on Antimicrobials Use Among Physicians: A Cross-Sectional Study in Eastern China |
title | Knowledge, Attitude, and Prescription Practice on Antimicrobials Use
Among Physicians: A Cross-Sectional Study in Eastern China |
title_full | Knowledge, Attitude, and Prescription Practice on Antimicrobials Use
Among Physicians: A Cross-Sectional Study in Eastern China |
title_fullStr | Knowledge, Attitude, and Prescription Practice on Antimicrobials Use
Among Physicians: A Cross-Sectional Study in Eastern China |
title_full_unstemmed | Knowledge, Attitude, and Prescription Practice on Antimicrobials Use
Among Physicians: A Cross-Sectional Study in Eastern China |
title_short | Knowledge, Attitude, and Prescription Practice on Antimicrobials Use
Among Physicians: A Cross-Sectional Study in Eastern China |
title_sort | knowledge, attitude, and prescription practice on antimicrobials use
among physicians: a cross-sectional study in eastern china |
topic | Original Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8661115/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34873939 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00469580211059984 |
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