Objective:
The
study
was
aimed to evaluate the antibiotic prescri
ption
pattern by
physicians in the area of study.
Method
s:
This
cross
-sectional
observational study was carried out with a self
-designed standard questionnaire by manual data collection over a
three months period at the Debid
war
Upazila of Comilla
District. The data were collected by directly interviewing the participants. Microsoft Excel
2010 was used for the analysis of the collected data.
Result
s:
Out of 242 patients, 60.74%
of patients were male, 39.26% of
patients were female. Majority of the patients (50%) belonged to age group 9 to 20
and
in terms of profession, 53.30% were students. Among the previous disease history, hypertension (20.25%) was found at
the
dominant position. Common
cold (28.95%) was the freq
uent reason
for visiting doctor and ciprofloxacin
was prescribed to 30.17% patients
(Mal
e:
21.9
0%
, Femal
e:
8.26%)
. Before
prescribing anti
-bacterial agents or any other agents, only 23.55% patients were recommended diagnostic tests
and in 81.81% cases, physicians simply
prescribed medicine by his/her own
assumption and culture and
sensitivity test was recommended and done for 18.18% patients
.
Conclusio
n:
Prescription of broad
-spectrum antibiotics for common cold
and
diarrhea
, prescribing antibiotics or medicine based on presumption
was
the
clear
indication
s of irrational antibiotics use and
inappropriate prescription
pattern.