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Antibiotics Self Medication among Children: A Systematic Review

The phenomenon of bacterial antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a rapidly growing global problem. Overuse and misuse of antibiotics as well as self-prescription are among the most important causes contributing to the growth of antibiotic resistance in humans. This systematic review describes the pheno...

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Autores principales: Bert, Fabrizio, Previti, Christian, Calabrese, Francesco, Scaioli, Giacomo, Siliquini, Roberta
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Publicado: MDPI 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9687075/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36358240
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics11111583
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author Bert, Fabrizio
Previti, Christian
Calabrese, Francesco
Scaioli, Giacomo
Siliquini, Roberta
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description The phenomenon of bacterial antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a rapidly growing global problem. Overuse and misuse of antibiotics as well as self-prescription are among the most important causes contributing to the growth of antibiotic resistance in humans. This systematic review describes the phenomenon of antibiotics self-medication (ASM) in children. The study was conducted following the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) checklist by searching PubMed, Scopus, and Web of Science until July 2022. Published English language studies containing information regarding parents knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors in self-administration of antibiotics in children were included. A total of 702 articles were identified, and 57 were selected. A higher prevalence of ASM among children was found in the Middle-East (34%), Africa (22%), Asia (20%) and South America (17%), while the lowest prevalence was found in Europe (8%). High distance from hospital, and low income, such as having more than one child, are related with an increased risk of ASM in children. Fever and cough can also promote the misuse of antibiotics by parents. A greater attention to the regulation of the sale of antimicrobial drugs can certainly limit the risk of self-medicating behavior.
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spelling pubmed-96870752022-11-25 Antibiotics Self Medication among Children: A Systematic Review Bert, Fabrizio Previti, Christian Calabrese, Francesco Scaioli, Giacomo Siliquini, Roberta Antibiotics (Basel) Systematic Review The phenomenon of bacterial antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a rapidly growing global problem. Overuse and misuse of antibiotics as well as self-prescription are among the most important causes contributing to the growth of antibiotic resistance in humans. This systematic review describes the phenomenon of antibiotics self-medication (ASM) in children. The study was conducted following the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) checklist by searching PubMed, Scopus, and Web of Science until July 2022. Published English language studies containing information regarding parents knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors in self-administration of antibiotics in children were included. A total of 702 articles were identified, and 57 were selected. A higher prevalence of ASM among children was found in the Middle-East (34%), Africa (22%), Asia (20%) and South America (17%), while the lowest prevalence was found in Europe (8%). High distance from hospital, and low income, such as having more than one child, are related with an increased risk of ASM in children. Fever and cough can also promote the misuse of antibiotics by parents. A greater attention to the regulation of the sale of antimicrobial drugs can certainly limit the risk of self-medicating behavior. MDPI 2022-11-09 /pmc/articles/PMC9687075/ /pubmed/36358240 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics11111583 Text en © 2022 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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Antibiotics Self Medication among Children: A Systematic Review
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title_short Antibiotics Self Medication among Children: A Systematic Review
title_sort antibiotics self medication among children: a systematic review
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9687075/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36358240
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics11111583
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