Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacy Practice, Faculty of Pharmacy, Yarmouk University, Irbid, Jordan.
Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan.
J Infect Dev Ctries. 2022 Oct 31;16(10):1607-1613. doi: 10.3855/jidc.16540.
The availability of evidence-based information sources for dentists is essential to influence antibiotic prescribing practices and we need to understand how dentists interact with such sources and how this influences their practice. The present study aimed to evaluate dentists' preferred sources of information and their awareness of available information and initiatives on prudent antibiotic prescribing practices in Jordan.
An online cross-sectional questionnaire was administered to dentists between July to September 2021. It was an adapted version of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) survey for antibiotic use and resistance.
A total of 204 dentists responded to the survey. The main sources of information regarding avoiding unnecessary antibiotic prescribing were published guidelines (35.5%), the dental professional body (20.0%), colleagues or peers (18.6%), and scientific organizations (17.2%), with the influence of these sources on changing prescribers' views being 40.7%, 9.8%, 10.3%, and 14.2%, respectively. Of the surveyed dentists, 9.3%, 33.8%, and 56.9% were aware, unaware, and unsure of the presence of national action plans on antimicrobial resistance, respectively. Dentists reported their desire to receive more information about resistance to antibiotics (57.8%), medical conditions for which antibiotics are used (52.9%), how to use antibiotics (41.2%), prescribing of antibiotics (39.7%), and links between the health of humans, animals, and the environment (26.0%).
The study provided insights into the information available to and used by dentists, which can inform effective antimicrobial stewardship strategies for improving antibiotic prescribing.
为了影响牙医的抗生素处方实践，牙医获取基于证据的信息源至关重要，我们需要了解牙医如何与这些信息源互动，以及这如何影响他们的实践。本研究旨在评估牙医首选的信息来源，以及他们对约旦现有关于谨慎使用抗生素处方实践的信息和举措的认识。
2021 年 7 月至 9 月期间，通过在线横断面问卷调查了牙医。该问卷是对欧洲疾病预防控制中心（ECDC）抗生素使用和耐药性调查的改编版。
共有 204 名牙医对调查做出了回应。避免不必要的抗生素处方的主要信息来源是已发表的指南（35.5%）、牙医专业机构（20.0%）、同事或同行（18.6%）和科学组织（17.2%），这些来源对改变处方者观点的影响分别为 40.7%、9.8%、10.3%和 14.2%。在所调查的牙医中，分别有 9.3%、33.8%和 56.9%的人知道、不知道和不确定是否存在国家抗生素耐药性行动计划。牙医报告称，他们希望获得更多关于抗生素耐药性（57.8%）、抗生素使用的医疗条件（52.9%）、如何使用抗生素（41.2%）、抗生素处方（39.7%）以及人类、动物和环境健康之间的联系（26.0%）的信息。
本研究深入了解了牙医可获取和使用的信息，这可为改善抗生素处方实践提供有效的抗菌药物管理策略。
