Compliance with short‐term oral antibacterial drug treatment in dogs
| Autor: | H. Tanem, K. Grave |
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| Rok vydání: | 1999 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Pill count Gastrointestinal Diseases Treatment regimen business.industry Administration Oral Bacterial Infections Compliance level Gastrointestinal infections Anti-Bacterial Agents Surgery Compliance (physiology) Dogs Telephone interview Internal medicine medicine Animals Patient Compliance Dog Diseases Small Animals Antibacterial drug business |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Small Animal Practice. 40:158-162 |
| ISSN: | 1748-5827 0022-4510 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/j.1748-5827.1999.tb03781.x |
| Popis: | Compliance with a 10-day course of oral antibacterial drugs in dogs being treated as outpatients at a veterinary clinic was assessed by use of pill count data obtained by telephone interview. The association between compliance and several possible determinants of compliance was investigated. Ninety-five animal owners were included in the study, with 44 per cent reporting 100 per cent compliance with the treatment regimen and as many as 88 per cent reporting a compliance level of 80 per cent or more. The compliance level was significantly higher (P < 0.002) when the animal owners felt that the veterinarians spent enough time on the consultation. Moreover, compliance was significantly higher (P < 0.05) for dogs being treated for gastrointestinal infections compared with those being treated for other diseases. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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