Out-of-Hospital Administration of Medication without Prescription and Associated Factors among Preschool Children
Table 2
Prescription-only medication: administration of antibiotics according to child’s symptoms.
Active substance
Upper respiratory tract infection
Cold
Fever & cough
Lower respiratory tract infection
Localized
Other infections
Total
,
,
,
,
,
,
,
Amoxicillin
34 (23.6)
24 (41.4)
16 (39.0)
6 (16.2)
5 (27.8)
1 (14.3)
86 (28.2)
Cefaclor
19 (13.2)
3 (5.2)
3 (7.3)
1 (2.7)
2 (11.1)
2 (28.6)
30 (9.8)
Cefprozil
15 (10.4)
2 (3.5)
1 (2.4)
0 (0.0)
2 (11.1)
2 (28.6)
22 (7.2)
Cefuroxime
10 (6.5)
2 (3.5)
1 (2.4)
4 (10.8)
1 (5.6)
0 (0.0)
18 (5.9)
Amoxicillin/clavulanic acid
42 (29.2)
14 (24.1)
9 (22.0)
11 (29.7)
6 (33.3)
1 (14.3)
83 (27.2)
Clarithromycin
20 (13.9)
12 (20.7)
10 (24.4)
12 (32.4)
2 (11.1)
1 (14.3)
57 (18.7)
Azithromycin
4 (2.8)
1 (1.7)
1 (2.4)
3 (8.1)
0 (0.0)
0 (0.0)
9 (3.0)
Total (%) of medicines
144 (100.0)
58 (100.0)
41 (100.0)
37 (100.0)
18 (100.0)
7 (1.0)
305 (100.0)
Total (%) of parents
110 (45.5)
45 (18.6)
35 (14.5)
29 (12.0)
16 (6.6)
7 (2.9)
242 (100.0)
: number of antibiotic formulations administered in total for each symptom. : number of parents who administered antibiotics for each symptom. pain, sore throat, and toothache. (%) of antibiotics administered for each symptom over the total number administered for the same symptom. (%) of antibiotic formulations administered for all symptoms over the total number of antibiotics used.
