Abstract
Background:
Antibiotic consumption has become a public health problem. Dentists prescribe approximately 10% of the antibiotics. Some countries have identified clinical practices related to their prescription through self-report questionnaires. In Chile, there is no information regarding the prescription of antibiotics by dentists.
Aim:
Design and validate an instrument that allows for collecting information about antibiotic prescription by dentists in Chile.
Method:
An investigation was designed in two stages: 1) Creation of a self-report questionnaire as an information-gathering instrument. 2) A pilot study of the questionnaire to perform a descriptive analysis of prescription habits.
Results:
A questionnaire of 88 questions was created, organized mainly in matrices. The Content Validity Index was 0.88. During the pilot, 418 responses were analyzed. 51.67% of the dentists were from the Metropolitan Region, 43% had more than ten years of experience, 50% declared having postgraduate studies, 81% indicated that they prescribed antibiotics to between 1% and 25% of their patients in one month of work. Amoxicillin is the most prescribed antibiotic.
Conclusion:
The instrument designed was validated to evaluate the antibiotic prescription habits by dentists in Chile.
Antibiotic consumption has become a public health problem. Dentists prescribe approximately 10% of the antibiotics. Some countries have identified clinical practices related to their prescription through self-report questionnaires. In Chile, there is no information regarding the prescription of antibiotics by dentists.
Aim:
Design and validate an instrument that allows for collecting information about antibiotic prescription by dentists in Chile.
Method:
An investigation was designed in two stages: 1) Creation of a self-report questionnaire as an information-gathering instrument. 2) A pilot study of the questionnaire to perform a descriptive analysis of prescription habits.
Results:
A questionnaire of 88 questions was created, organized mainly in matrices. The Content Validity Index was 0.88. During the pilot, 418 responses were analyzed. 51.67% of the dentists were from the Metropolitan Region, 43% had more than ten years of experience, 50% declared having postgraduate studies, 81% indicated that they prescribed antibiotics to between 1% and 25% of their patients in one month of work. Amoxicillin is the most prescribed antibiotic.
Conclusion:
The instrument designed was validated to evaluate the antibiotic prescription habits by dentists in Chile.
| Translated title of the contribution | Creation of a survey to describe the antibiotic prescription habits of dentists in Chile |
|---|---|
| Original language | Spanish (Chile) |
| Pages (from-to) | 67-70 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | International Journal of Interdisciplinary Dentistry |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Aug 2020 |
Keywords
- Questionnaire
- Antibiotics
- Dentists
- Self-report