Assessment of the Knowledge and Approach of General Dentists Who Treat Children and Pediatric Dentists Regarding the Proper Use of Antibiotics for Children
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Participants and Procedure
2.2. Measures
2.3. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Demographic and Professional Characteristics
3.2. Comparison in Knowledge between Groups
3.3. Comparison in Using Guidelines between Groups
3.4. Comparison in Practices of Using Antibiotics between Groups
4. Discussion
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Total Sample | GD | PD | Χ2 | p | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | % | N | % | N | % | |||
Age | 2.26 | 0.32 | ||||||
| 14 | 7.1 | 7 | 7.2 | 7 | 7.1 | ||
| 83 | 42.3 | 36 | 37.1 | 47 | 47.5 | ||
| 99 | 50.0 | 54 | 55.7 | 45 | 45.5 | ||
Gender | 3.83 | 0.05 | ||||||
| 75 | 37.7 | 44 | 44.4 | 31 | 31.0 | ||
| 124 | 62.3 | 45 | 55.6 | 69 | 69.0 | ||
Years of Experience | 7.64 | 0.05 | ||||||
| 15 | 7.5 | 10 | 10.0 | 5 | 5.0 | ||
| 25 | 12.5 | 10 | 10.0 | 15 | 15.0 | ||
| 38 | 19.0 | 13 | 13.0 | 25 | 25.0 | ||
| 122 | 61.0 | 67 | 67.0 | 55 | 55.0 | ||
Population of Treatment | 64.47 | <0.01 | ||||||
| 110 | 55.0 | 23 | 23.0 | 87 | 87.0 | ||
| 71 | 35.5 | 58 | 58.0 | 13 | 13.0 | ||
| 19 | 9.5 | 19 | 19.0 | - | - | ||
Clinic Type | 29.65 | <0.01 | ||||||
| 49 | 24.5 | 35 | 35.0 | 14 | 14.0 | ||
| 67 | 33.5 | 33 | 33.0 | 34 | 34.0 | ||
| 53 | 26.5 | 29 | 29.0 | 24 | 24.0 | ||
| 31 | 15.5 | 3 | 3.0 | 28 | 28.0 | ||
Antibiotics Prescription Last Month | 2.17 | 0.54 | ||||||
| 141 | 70.5 | 66 | 66.0 | 75 | 75.0 | ||
| 42 | 21.0 | 25 | 25.0 | 17 | 17.0 | ||
| 13 | 6.5 | 7 | 7.0 | 6 | 7.0 | ||
| 4 | 2.0 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 2.0 |
GD | PD | t | p | |
---|---|---|---|---|
M ± SD | M ± SD | |||
General knowledge | 18.83 ± 3.76 | 20.18 ± 4.29 | 2.36 | <0.01 |
Endodontics | 2.59 ± 1.13 | 3.18 ± 1.26 | 3.26 | <0.01 |
Trauma | 2.76 ± 1.29 | 3.35 ± 1.09 | 3.75 | <0.01 |
Extractions | 3.14 ± 1.25 | 3.46 ± 1.42 | 1.69 | 0.04 |
Systemic diseases | 3.76 ± 1.39 | 3.75 ± 1.65 | 0.05 | 0.97 |
Awareness to instructions | 2.19 ± 0.87 | 2.26 ± 0.90 | 0.56 | 0.29 |
GD N (%) | PD N (%) | Χ2 | p | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Awareness to guidelines | 67 (69.8) | 63 (69.2) | 0.01 | 0.93 |
AAPD and EAPD Guidelines for prophylactic antibiotics | 63 (66.3) | 75 (86.2) | 9.8 | <0.01 |
Advising patients to adhere dosage regimen | 92 (93.9) | 75 (81.5) | 6.81 | <0.01 |
Orofacial infection without improvement | 8.53 | 0.01 | ||
| 5 (5.15) | 10 (0.11) | ||
| 35 (36.08) | 45 (51.13) | ||
| 56 (57.73) | 33 (37.5) |
GD | PD | Χ2 | p | |
---|---|---|---|---|
N (%) | N (%) | |||
Intraoral sinus tract | 44 (45.8) | 16 16.2)) | 20.14 | <0.01 |
Luxation | 37 (37.5) | 14 (14.28) | 14.02 | <0.01 |
Extraction by Open Method | 75 (79.8) | 43 (50.6) | 16.94 | <0.01 |
Periapical localized abscess | 81 (83.5) | 53 (56.36) | 16.77 | <0.01 |
Apical Periodontitis | 59 (61.45) | 31 (35.22) | 12.64 | <0.01 |
Dry Socket | 51 (51.1) | 18 (20.68) | 17.81 | <0.01 |
Duration of Antibiotics Course | 28 (28.28) | 54 (56.84) | 16.20 | <0.01 |
Periodontal Disease | 60 (60.6) | 44 (45.83) | 4.27 | 0.04 |
Juvenile Diabetes | 9 (10.0) | 18 (20.93) | 4.04 | 0.04 |
Respiratory Disorders | 40 (43.01) | 22 (22.58) | 5.99 | 0.01 |
Congenital Cardiac Abnormalities | 44 (51.2) | 50 (65.8) | 3.54 | 0.06 |
Avulsion | 65 (67.0) | 77 (79.4) | 3.78 | 0.05 |
Viral infections | 13 (13.7) | 5 (5.5) | 3.57 | 0.06 |
GD | PD | Χ2 | p | |
---|---|---|---|---|
N (%) | N (%) | |||
Reversible pulpitis | 13 (13.4) | 8 (8) | 2.14 | 0.14 |
Irreversible pulpitis | 19 (19.79) | 24 (24.48) | 0.62 | 0.43 |
Simple Extraction | 5 (5.05) | 5 (5.2) | 0.00 | 0.96 |
Cellulitis | 85 (87.62) | 91 (92.85) | 1.51 | 0.22 |
Localized Intraoral Swelling | 50 (52.6) | 47 (53) | 0.42 | 0.52 |
Extensive Hematoma | 46 (46.5) | 56 (57.7) | 2.49 | 0.11 |
Extraoral sinus tract | 63 (64.9) | 56 (58.3) | 0.89 | 0.34 |
Bone Fracture | 52 (53.1) | 55 (56.1) | 0.18 | 0.66 |
Intrusion | 45 (46.4) | 39 (39.4) | 0.98 | 0.32 |
Pericoronitis limited to tooth | 54 (55.1) | 53 (55.2) | 0.03 | 0.87 |
Flagyl and Amoxicillin/Augmantin | 2.78 | 0.25 | ||
| 0 | 5 (11.62) | ||
| 20 (55.55) | 18 (41.86) | ||
| 16 (44.44) | 20 (46.51) | ||
Duration of Prescription of Anaerobic Infection | 21 (50) | 26 (59) | 0.72 | 0.40 |
Blood Dyscrasias | 36 (39.65) | 26 (30.23) | 1.69 | 0.19 |
Subacute Bacterial Endocarditis | 63 (69.2) | 67 (79.8) | 2.54 | 0.11 |
95% CI | ||||
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OR | LL | UL | p | |
Age (31+) | 1.03 | 0.89 | 1.18 | 0.49 |
Gender (F) | 1.10 | 0.92 | 1.29 | 0.67 |
Years of experience (7+) | 1.22 | 1.08 | 1.78 | 0.03 |
Intraoral sinus tract | 0.65 | 0.31 | 0.87 | 0.02 |
Luxation | 0.85 | 0.66 | 1.31 | 0.24 |
Extraction by Open Method | 0.89 | 0.78 | 1.21 | 0.57 |
Periapical localized abscess | 0.72 | 0.59 | 0.95 | 0.01 |
Apical Periodontitis | 0.54 | 0.12 | 0.78 | 0.01 |
Dry Socket | 0.62 | 0.48 | 0.89 | 0.02 |
Duration of Antibiotics Course | 1.88 | 1.45 | 2.55 | 0.01 |
Periodontal Disease | 0.82 | 0.35 | 1.42 | 0.35 |
Juvenile Diabetes | 0.78 | 0.55 | 1.19 | 0.23 |
Respiratory Disorders | 1.12 | 0.78 | 2.66 | 0.62 |
Congenital Cardiac Abnormalities | 1.12 | 0.89 | 1.45 | 0.37 |
Avulsion | 1.18 | 0.87 | 1.55 | 0.58 |
Viral infections | 0.87 | 0.45 | 1.41 | 0.74 |
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Rubanenko, M.; Blumer, S.; Maalof, K.; Elbahary, S.; Katz, L.; Kharouba, J. Assessment of the Knowledge and Approach of General Dentists Who Treat Children and Pediatric Dentists Regarding the Proper Use of Antibiotics for Children. Antibiotics 2021, 10, 1181. https://doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics10101181
Rubanenko M, Blumer S, Maalof K, Elbahary S, Katz L, Kharouba J. Assessment of the Knowledge and Approach of General Dentists Who Treat Children and Pediatric Dentists Regarding the Proper Use of Antibiotics for Children. Antibiotics. 2021; 10(10):1181. https://doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics10101181
Chicago/Turabian StyleRubanenko, Moran, Sigalit Blumer, Kayan Maalof, Shlomo Elbahary, Lazar Katz, and Johnny Kharouba. 2021. "Assessment of the Knowledge and Approach of General Dentists Who Treat Children and Pediatric Dentists Regarding the Proper Use of Antibiotics for Children" Antibiotics 10, no. 10: 1181. https://doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics10101181
APA StyleRubanenko, M., Blumer, S., Maalof, K., Elbahary, S., Katz, L., & Kharouba, J. (2021). Assessment of the Knowledge and Approach of General Dentists Who Treat Children and Pediatric Dentists Regarding the Proper Use of Antibiotics for Children. Antibiotics, 10(10), 1181. https://doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics10101181