サウジアラビアの歯科クリニック訪問者における抗生物質の使用と耐性に関する知識と誤解 - 横断的な研究
Sarah R Alharbi1, Lama Alzamil1, Zeina S Alkudmani1
1Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, College of Applied Medical Sciences, King Saud University, P.O. Box 145111, Riyadh 12372, Saudi Arabia.
Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland)
|August 28, 2025
まとめ
サウジアラビアの歯科クリニックを訪れる人の多くは 抗生物質の使用を誤解し,抗生物質耐性 (AR) に関する認識が欠けている. 歯科でのARの誤用と制御には ターゲットに絞った教育が不可欠です
科学分野:
- 公衆衛生
- 感染症
- 歯科 医学
背景:
- 抗生物質耐性 (AR) は世界的な健康上の重大な脅威です.
- 歯科での抗生物質の誤用は 不必要な処方箋や 患者の誤解が原因です
- この問題に取り組むには 公共の知識を理解することが重要です
研究 の 目的:
- サウジアラビアの歯科クリニック訪問者の間で抗生物質の使用とARに関する知識と理解を評価する.
主な方法:
- 横断調査は2024年3月から6月まで行われました.
- サウジアラビアの18歳以上の1455人の参加者は,自己管理のアンケートに回答した.
- 抗生物質の使用に関する知識とARに関する認識の評価
主要な成果:
- ほとんどの参加者は抗生物質が細菌を殺すことを知っていましたが,ウイルス感染症と痛み/炎症緩和に関して多くの誤解があります.
- ほぼ半分は"抗生物質耐性 (AR) "を知らず,原因として過剰摂取を特定したのはわずか27.2%でした.
- 抗生物質の必要性を認識することは,歯科手術 (p < 0. 0001) と関連しており,教育レベルはARに対する認識を予測した (AOR = 2. 942).
結論:
- 抗生物質の使用とARに関する知識の大きなギャップは,歯科クリニックの訪問者の間で発見されました.
- 誤った考えは 抗生物質に関する患者の教育を改善する必要性を強調しています
- 抗生物質管理の強化と 標的の教育介入は 歯科医の診療において ARの軽減に不可欠です
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