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International journal of interdisciplinary dentistry
versión impresa ISSN 2452-5596versión On-line ISSN 2452-5588
Resumen
HANISCH-CERDA, Florencia y QUINTERO-HARVEY, Antonio. Creation of a survey to describe the antibiotic prescription habits of dentists in Chile. Int. j interdiscip. dent. [online]. 2020, vol.13, n.2, pp.67-70. ISSN 2452-5596. http://dx.doi.org/10.4067/S2452-55882020000200067.
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.
Palabras clave : Questionnaire; Antibiotics; Dentists; Self-report.