[Knowledge and practice of graduating students of pharmacy at the Cheikh Anta Diop University relating to antibiotic use and bacterial resistance in 2019 (Senegal)].

Autor: Bassoum O; Service de Médecine Préventive et Santé Publique, Faculté de Médecine, de Pharmacie et d'Odontologie, Université Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar, Sénégal.; Institut de Santé et Développement, Université Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar, Sénégal., Sougou NM; Service de Médecine Préventive et Santé Publique, Faculté de Médecine, de Pharmacie et d'Odontologie, Université Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar, Sénégal.; Institut de Santé et Développement, Université Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar, Sénégal., Ndiaye OD; Faculté de Médecine, de Pharmacie et d´Odontologie, Université Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar, Sénégal., Camara M; Laboratoire de Bactériologie-Virologie, Centre Hospitalier National Universitaire Aristide Le Dantec, Faculté de Médecine, de Pharmacie et d´Odontologie, Université Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar, Sénégal.; Institut de Recherche en Santé de Surveillance Epidémiologique et de Formation, Dakar, Sénégal., Fall D; Laboratoire de Chimie Thérapeutique et Organique, Faculté de Médecine, de Pharmacie et d'Odontologie, Université Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar, Sénégal.; Laboratoire National de Contrôle des Médicaments, Dakar, Sénégal.
Jazyk: francouzština
Zdroj: The Pan African medical journal [Pan Afr Med J] 2023 Mar 14; Vol. 44, pp. 127. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Mar 14 (Print Publication: 2023).
DOI: 10.11604/pamj.2023.44.127.28905
Abstrakt: Introduction: pharmacy students are future providers of pharmaceutical care and should play a critical role in combating bacterial resistance (BR). The purpose of this study was to evaluate the knowledge and practice of students at the end of pharmacy course relating to BR and antibiotic use.
Methods: we conducted a cross-sectional, descriptive and analytic study. The study population consisted of students enrolled in Master 2 and PhD in Pharmacy at the Cheikh Anta Diop University over the year 2019. Data were collected between July and October 2019 using an electronic questionnaire whose link was shared through the social network WhatsApp. Knowledge was assessed using a 5-point Likert scale while closed-ended questions were used to determine practice. Descriptive analyses were performed. Factors associated with practice were identified using logistic regression. Analyses were performed using the EPI Info TM software 7.2.2.16. The significance threshold was set to 0.05.
Results: out of 559 eligible students, 278 responded to the questionnaire, reflecting a participation rate of 60.6%. Of these, 72.3% reported having used antibiotics in the 12 months preceding the survey. Regarding knowledge, 85.6% of students surveyed had an adequate level. In addition, 38.2% of students had inadequate practice. These were associated with having a relative or friend as a health worker (OR = 1.69; p-value = 0.04), being a PhD student (OR = 0.55; p-value = 0.02) and having an insufficient level of knowledge (OR = 2.21; p-value = 0.02).
Conclusion: this study shows that antibiotic consumption is high among pharmacy students and that their practice is inadequate despite their satisfactory level of knowledge about antibiotics and BR. It is urgent to strengthen the awareness of students and their entourage about good practices concerning antibiotic use.
Competing Interests: Les auteurs ne déclarent aucun conflit d´intérêts.
(Copyright: Oumar Bassoum et al.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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