Dispensing of antibiotics without prescription and associated factors in drug retail outlets of Eritrea: A simulated client method.

ABSTRACT: Dispensing antibiotics without prescription is irrational and can hasten the emergence and spread of antibiotic resistance. This study aims at determining the extent of this practice and its determinants in all drug retail outlets of Eritrea. A cross-sectional simulated client method was used to conduct the study. Data was collected between July and August 2019, entered and analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Science version 22. Descriptive analysis was performed using mean (standard deviation), median (interquartile range), frequency, percentage, as appropriate, for independent variables. Logistic regression, at bivariate and multivariate levels, along with odds ratio (95% confidence interval) was used to determine the association between the dispensing of antibiotics without pr

SUBMITTER: Bahta M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6980490 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature