Determinants of antibiotic dispensing without a medical prescription: a cross-sectional study in the north of Spain.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Antibiotic resistance is a major public health concern and is greatly exacerbated by inappropriate antibiotic use at a community level. The aim of this study was to ascertain which attitudes of community pharmacists were related to inappropriate antibiotic dispensing.

Methods

We conducted a cross-sectional study of community pharmacists in a region situated in northern Spain (n = 393). Personal interviews were conducted using a self-administered questionnaire. The degree of agreement with each item of knowledge and attitude was measured using an unnumbered, horizontal visual analogue scale, with replies being scored from 0 (total disagreement) to 10 (total agreement). The data were analysed using logistic regression.

Results

Of the total of 286 pharmacists

SUBMITTER: Zapata-Cachafeiro M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4195471 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature