ABSTRACT

Introduction:- Assessment of Knowledge, Attitude and Practices (KAP) of antibiotics prescription pattern among dentists may help in developing guidelines to improve antibiotics use and decrease resistance. Antibiotic overuse and misuse among dentists is usually seen. Objectives:- The study was conducted to compare the Knowledge, Attitude and Practices of pg’s and faculty regarding antibiotic prescription. Methods:-A cross?sectional, questionnaire based survey was conducted at K.D. Dental College and Hospital, Mathura among 98 dentists (82 pg’s and 16 faculty). A self prepared questionnaire was distributed amongst the participants so as to assess their Knowledge, Attitude and Practices regarding antibiotic use and its resistance. Data was analysed using descriptive statistics and chi-square test. Results: - Out of total 98 participants, there were 28 pg’s and 8 faculty were males & 54 pg’s and 8 faculty were females . In total 90.24 percent of pg’s knew about the antibiotic resistance while 93.75 percent of faculty thought that antibiotic resistance was due to unnecessary use. About 62.50 percent of faculty prescribed antibiotics when their patient requested, 97.56 percent of pg’s took medical history before prescribing antibiotics and 100 percent of faculty took medical history. Conclusion:-The present study showed that faculties had sufficient Knowledge & Attitude about antibiotic usage as compared to pg’s and even the faculties had better practice for antibiotic prescription. So, the pg’s need to focus more on trending antibiotics into practice. Keywords: Antibiotic, KAP survey, Antibiotic resistance
Publication date: 01/09/2023

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https://doi.org/10.31032/IJBPAS/2023/12.9.7402