Naslov
How did Containment Measures Affect Dental Prescribing Patterns During COVID-19?

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

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

Izvornik
ABSTRACT BOOK of PER-IADR Oral Health Congress 2022 in Marseille / About, Imad ; Lundy, Fionnuala - Marseille, 2022, 316-317

Skup
2022 PER-IADR Oral Health Research Congress

Mjesto i datum
Marseille, Francuska, 15.09.2022. - 17.09.2022

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
Objectives Starting in 2020 pandemic of Covid-19 has made an impact on everyday clinical work and consequently medication prescribing for dental practitioners. During a 2-year time, measures have been modified, depending on each country's government decisions. In Croatia in 2020 stringency index was strong, while in 2021 index was very weak and in spring 2022 restriction measures were suspended. We investigated the impact of the pandemic and restriction measures on the dental prescribing pattern. Methods Data related to prescription practice were delivered by the Croatian Health Insurance Institute for the years of 2019. - 2021. The number of dentists’ prescriptions, the cost of medicines, and the number of packages prescribed have been included in the analysis. Results Changes in prescription patterns that could be attributed to the restriction's measures were seen in the results of this study in analgesic and antiseptic prescriptions. For the most of medications from these groups, the rise was great only while the measures were strict in the first year, while in the second year of the pandemic the increase significantly dropped. An exception from this behavior is seen for the ibuprofen, whose utilization is showing a continuous increase for the observed time period as well as for the 5 previous years. The most prescribed medications were antibiotics with no significant changes in their prescribing pattern for the pandemic period. Wide spectrum antibiotics utilization is showing a slow but continuous increase while narrow spectrum is in decrease. Pandemic has made an impact only on prescribing of azithromycin, whose utilization increased between years for 39, 4%, and 8, 7% respectively. The reason for this anomaly is to be investigated. Conclusions Restricted access to dental care due to COVID-19 resulted in changes to the prescription pattern of dental medications. The changes that could be attributed to the restriction measures are seen in pain relief medications, antiseptics, and wide-spectrum antibiotic azithromycin. Adaptation to the Covid- 19 pandemic setting in dentistry is now over, and observed abnormalities have to be corrected primarily through evidence-based dental prescribing protocols and guidelines, in order to ensure rationality in medication prescribing and good clinical practice.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Dentalna medicina

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