Antibiotics prescribing practice among patients with urinary tract infection at outpatient department, the case of Dilchora referral hospital, Eastern Ethiopia: an institutional retrospective cross-sectional study

Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice

Research

Tamiru Sahilu¹  Zenebe Kano² 

[1] Department of Pharmacy, College of Health Science, Assosa University, Assosa, Ethiopia;School of Pharmacy, College of Medical and Health Science, Haramaya University, Dire Dawa, Ethiopia;

关键词: Antibiotics;    Prescribing indicator;    Prescribing practice;    Urinary tract infections;    Ethiopia;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s40545-023-00539-y

 received in 2022-08-15, accepted in 2023-02-12,  发布年份 2023

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundInappropriate prescription of antibiotics is a global public health challenge. Widespread use, misuse, or inappropriate prescribing has resulted in unnecessary expenditure on drugs, raised risk of adverse reactions, the development of antimicrobial resistance, and increment in health care costs. There is a limited practice in rational prescribing of antibiotics in the management of Urinary tract infection (UTI) in Ethiopia.ObjectiveTo assess antibiotic prescribing practice in the treatment of patients with UTI at outpatient department (OPD), Dilchora referral hospital, Eastern Ethiopia.MethodsA retrospective cross-sectional study was conducted from January 7 to March 14, 2021. Data were collected from 600 prescription papers using systematic random sampling method. World Health Organization’s standardized core prescribing indicators was used.ResultsA total of 600 prescriptions containing antibiotics prescribed for patients with UTIs were observed during the study period. Of these, 415 (69.19%) were females and 210 (35%) were in the age group of 31–44 years. The number of generic drugs and antibiotics prescribed per encounter was 1.60 and 1.28, respectively. The percentage of antibiotics per prescription was found to be 27.83%. About 88.40% of antibiotics were prescribed by generic names. Fluoroquinolones were the most frequently prescribed class of drugs for the treatment of patients with UTIs.ConclusionThe prescribing practice of antibiotics in patients with UTIs was found to be good as the drugs were prescribed in generic name.

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