Naslov
Changes in dental antibiotic prescription pattern between two pandemic years in Croatia

Autori
Šutej, Ivana ; Peroš, Kristina ; Bašić, Krešimir

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

Izvornik
Abstract Book of 20th IATDMCT Congress / Grundmann, Milan ; Kacirova, Ivana ; Urbanek, Karel - Prag : Charles University Prague, 2022, 254-254

Skup
The 20th International Congress of Therapeutic Drug Monitoring & Clinical Toxicology

Mjesto i datum
Prag, Češka Republika, 18.09.2023. - 21.09.2022

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Poster

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
antibiotics, dental medicine, dentistry, prescribing, antibiotic resistance, Covid-19
(antibiotics, dental medicine, dentistry, prescribing, Covid 19)

Sažetak
The objectives: In 2-year period of restriction measures due to COVID-19, changes in patients behavior led to different pattern in medication prescriptions. We investigated the impact of the pandemic and restriction measures on the antibiotic prescribing pattern of dentists in Croatia during 2 pandemic years. Materials and methods: Data related to prescription practice used in this research were delivered by the Croatian Health Insurance Institute, a national insurance company for the years of 2020. - 2021. The number of dentists’ prescriptions, the cost of medicines in national currency (Croatian Kuna ; HRK), and the number of packages prescribed have been included in analysis. Results: Changes in prescription pattern affected antibiotic prescription pattern. Increase and change was greatest during first year while the restriction measures were strict. During the second-year utilization returned to moderate changes in pattern. Among antibiotics the most prescribed where wide spectrum antibiotics. They showed slow but continuous increase while narrow spectrum showed decrease in trend. One significant anomaly was observed in antibiotic utilization. Azithromycin showed great increase in the beginning of the pandemic (39, 4%), and immediate decrease in the second year (8, 7%) when restriction measured loosened. Conclusions: Changes in utilization of dental antibiotics differ significantly between the pandemic years. The changes that could be attributed to the restriction measures and their stringency index affected its pattern with the greatest changes seen for azythromycin and other wide spectrum antibiotics. The critical period is now behind all of us, adaptations must ensure evidence based dental prescribing protocols and guidelines, so that rationality in antibiotic prescribing and good clinical practice is achieved as soon as possible.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Dentalna medicina

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