ArticleBulletin of the World Health Organization2015
Antibiotic prescription behaviours in Lao People's Democratic Republic: a knowledge, attitude and practice survey.
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- Antimicrobial use and resistance data in human and animal sectors in the Lao PDR: evidence to inform policy.BMJ global health · 2021Article
- Epidemiology of acute respiratory viral infections in children in Vientiane, Lao People's Democratic Republic.Journal of medical virology · 2021Article
- Point-prevalence survey of outpatient antibiotic prescription at a tertiary medical center in Sri Lanka: opportunities to improve prescribing practices for respiratory illnesses.BMC infectious diseases · 2021Article
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- Typhoid in Laos: An 18-Year Perspective.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2020Article
- Tackling antimicrobial resistance in Bangladesh: A scoping review of policy and practice in human, animal and environment sectors.PloS one · 2020Article
- The Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices of Community Pharmacists in their Approach to Antibiotic Use: A Nationwide Survey in Italy.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2019Article
- Knowledge, Attitudes and Intentions to Prescribe Antibiotics: A Structural Equation Modeling Study of Primary Care Institutions in Hubei, China.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo assess the antibiotic prescribing practices of doctors working in the Lao People's Democratic Republic and their knowledge of local antibiotic resistance patterns.
methodsDoctors attending morning meetings in 25 public hospitals in four provinces were asked to complete a knowledge, attitude and practice survey. The questionnaire contained 43 multiple choice questions that the doctor answered at the time of the meeting.
findingsThe response rate was 83.4% (386/463). Two hundred and seventy doctors (59.8%) declared that they had insufficient information about antibiotics. Only 14.0% (54/386) recognized the possibility of cephalosporin cross-resistance in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Most participants had no information about local antibiotic resistance for Salmonella Typhi (211/385, 54.8%) and hospital-acquired pneumonia (253/384, 65.9%). Unnecessary antibiotic prescriptions were considered as harmless by 115 participants and 148 considered locally-available generic antibiotics to be of poor quality. Nearly three-quarters (280/386) of participants agreed that it was difficult to select the correct antibiotics. Most participants (373/386) welcomed educational programmes on antibiotic prescribing and 65.0% (249/383) preferred local over international antibiotic guidelines.
conclusionDoctors in the Lao People's Democratic Republic seem to favour antibiotic prescribing interventions. Health authorities should consider a capacity building programme that incorporates antibiotic prescribing and hospital infection control.
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