Non-Clinical Factors Determining the Prescription of Antibiotics by Veterinarians: A Systematic Review
| Autor: | Margarita Taracido-Trunk, Miguel Servia-Dopazo, Adolfo Figueiras |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Universidade de Santiago de Compostela. Departamento de Psiquiatría, Radioloxía, Saúde Pública, Enfermaría e Medicina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
| Předmět: |
0301 basic medicine
Microbiology (medical) antibiotic resistance 040301 veterinary sciences medicine.drug_class Antibiotic resistance media_common.quotation_subject 030106 microbiology Antibiotics Psychological intervention MEDLINE veterinarians antibiotic stewardship Infection control Biochemistry Microbiology Article Veterinarians Antibiotic prescription 0403 veterinary science antibiotic prescription 03 medical and health sciences one health Hygiene Environmental health medicine Pharmacology (medical) General Pharmacology Toxicology and Pharmaceutics Medical prescription media_common One health Antibiotic stewardship animal health Animal health business.industry lcsh:RM1-950 04 agricultural and veterinary sciences infection control lcsh:Therapeutics. Pharmacology Infectious Diseases One Health business |
| Zdroj: | Minerva. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Santiago de Compostela instname Antibiotics Volume 10 Issue 2 Minerva: Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Santiago de Compostela Universidad de Santiago de Compostela (USC) Antibiotics, Vol 10, Iss 133, p 133 (2021) |
| Popis: | The misuse of antibiotics in humans, animals, and plants is related to the spread of resistant antibiotic strains among humans and animals. In this paper, we carry out a bibliographic search of Medline, Web of Knowledge, and Cab Abstracts with the main objective of ascertaining the available evidence on non-clinical factors and attitudes that could influence the prescription of antibiotics by veterinarians. A total of 34 studies fulfilled the inclusion criteria. Whereas, veterinary health professionals’ prescribing habits did not appear to be influenced by their socio-demographic characteristics, they were influenced by different attitudes, such as fear (identified in 19 out of 34 studies), self-confidence (19/34), business factors (19/34), and by complacency (16/34). Certain owner-related factors, such as lack of awareness (16/34) and demand for antibiotics (12/34), were also important, as were concurrent factors, ranging from a lack of appropriate regulations (10/34) to the expense and delays involved in performing culture and sensitivity tests (10/34) and inadequate farm hygiene (8/34). Our results appear to indicate that the non-clinical factors are potentially modifiable. This may be useful for designing interventions targeted at improving antibiotic use in animals, as part of an overall strategy to reduce the global spread of multi-resistant strains. |
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