A National Survey of Dispensing Practice and Customer Knowledge on Antibiotic Use in Vietnam and the Implications.

ABSTRACT: Misconceptions and pressures have increased the sales of antibiotics without a prescription across countries. There are concerns with such practices in Vietnam given rising antimicrobial resistance rates. A national survey was conducted among 360 private drugstores located in nine provinces in Vietnam. Anonymous interviews were conducted with participants selected by convenience sampling. Subsequently, multivariable logistic regression analyses were undertaken evaluating the relationship between customer characteristics and antibiotic purchases. A total of 480 out of 1626 surveyed participants purchased antibiotics, 81.7% of which did not have a prescription, involving 29 different antibiotics. In 86.4% of these, participants were prescribed antibiotics by drug sellers. Most antibiotics we

SUBMITTER: Nguyen TTP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9405246 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature