Naslov
Prescription of antibiotics in Croatia during a period of three years

Autori
Petrač, Lucija ; Par, Matej ; Ljubičić, Neven

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, znanstveni

Izvornik
Abstracts of the 5th International Congress of the School of Dental Medicine University of Zagreb. U: Acta stomatologica Croatica 2019. br.3 / Klaric Sever, Eva - Zagreb, 2019, 286-287

Skup
5. Međunarodni kongres Stomatološkog fakulteta Sveučilišta u Zagrebu

Mjesto i datum
Zagreb, Hrvatska, 01.03.2019. - 02.03.2019

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Poster

Vrsta recenzije
Podatak o recenziji nije dostupan

Ključne riječi
antibiotics ; primary dental care

Sažetak
Aim: To investigate prescribing of antibiotics in primary dental care in Croatia. Materials and methods: The data were collected from the Central Information Health System of Croatia and presented through descriptive statistics. To explore the frequency of prescription, the number of prescribed antibiotics was compared to the number of people in each county. The frequency of antibiotics prescription was then compared using the ztest for proportions with Bonferroni post-hoc adjustment (α=0.05). Results: From 1st 2015 January until December 31st 2017, in primary public dental health care in Croatia 1.080.808 antibiotics were prescribed. Average prevalence of antibiotic prescription in one year, expressed as ratio of number of antibiotics prescribed to overall population was 8.4%. The yearly average value of antibiotic prescriptions per capita in individual counties was between 6.3%-11.2%, with the lowest percentage in Primorsko- Goranska County (6.3%), and the highest percentage in Bjelovarsko-Bilogorska County (11.2%). The most frequently prescribed antibiotic, in 54.6% of cases, was amoxicillin with clavulanic acid, followed by amoxicillin (13.8%), clindamycin (12.6%), and metronidazole (10.1%). Most frequent diagnosis for antibiotic prescription was periapical periodontitis. Antibiotics were prescribed in cases in which there was no indication for antibiotic use, i.e. caries (3.2%), pulpitis (5.5%). Regarding the age, the highest percentage of antibiotics was prescribed for the age group between 20 and 29 years (11.3%) with a continuous decline in frequency towards the older age groups. Conclusion: The results showed inconsistencies of antibiotic prescriptions within different counties, along with unnecessary prescribing of antibiotics in cases with no indications.

Izvorni jezik
Hrvatski, engleski

Znanstvena područja
Dentalna medicina

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