Assessment of drug-prescribing perception and practice among dental care providers: a cross-sectional Lebanese study
| Autor: | Aline Hajj, Christel Azzo, Souheil Hallit, Pascale Salameh, Hala Sacre, Frederic Abdou, Nada Naaman, Lydia Khabbaz |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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dentists
prescription drugs drug prescriptions inappropriate prescribing professional practice counseling perception self concept education dental continuing pharmacists interprofessional relations cross-sectional studies lebanon Therapeutics. Pharmacology RM1-950 Pharmacy and materia medica RS1-441 |
| Zdroj: | Pharmacy Practice, Vol 19, Iss 1, p 2234 (2021) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 1885-642X 1886-3655 |
| DOI: | 10.18549/PharmPract.2021.1.2234 |
| Popis: | Background: Dentists play an essential role in providing high-quality dental care, taking into consideration the clinical context and concomitant medications taken by the patients. Objective: This study aimed to assess drug-prescribing perception and practices in addition to drug-related educational needs among Lebanese dentists; it also evaluated the need for interprofessional collaboration between dentists and pharmacists. Methods: An exploratory cross-sectional study using an online questionnaire targeted a sample of dentists from all Lebanese districts. Participants gave their consent by accepting to complete the survey (ethics approval reference: USJ-2016-63). The questionnaire consisted of closed-ended questions exploring: 1) drug-prescribing perception, 2) drug-prescribing practice, and 3) collaboration with pharmacists regarding their respective roles in providing appropriate counseling to patients. Two indexes were created: the first evaluated self-confidence in prescribing medications, and the second assessed dentists’ confidence in pharmacists. Logistic regressions were performed, taking each index as a dependent variable. Results: A total of 137 dentists completed the survey (59% females; mean age: 42.17; SD: 13.78 years). The majority had a fair to good perceived knowledge in pharmacology and therapeutics (80.3%), only 30.7% reported to be sufficiently equipped to prescribe safely. Dentists exhibited particularly low perceived knowledge about prescribing in elderly patients, dosing, medication use in pregnancy, drug interactions, and adverse reactions. Dentists specialized in periodontics had the lowest odds of having self-confidence in prescribing drugs (aOR=0.25; p |
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