Práctica de automedicación con antibióticos en pacientes adultos, con sospecha de infección del tracto urinario (ITU), de Addis Abeba (Etiopía)
- EYASU BELETE, MEBRAHTU
- Juana Benedí González Directora
- José Antonio Romero Garrido Director
- Sagrario Martín Aragón Álvarez Director/a
Universitat de defensa: Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Fecha de defensa: 04 de de maig de 2023
- Victor Jiménez Cid President
- Luis Miguel Bedoya del Olmo Secretari
- Fermín Sánchez de Medina López-Huertas Vocal
- Sara Rodríguez Martín Vocal
- José Ramón Paño Pardo Vocal
Tipus: Tesi
Resum
This final PhD dissertation report has three major interconnected parts. PART ONE: «Prevalence and determinants of self-medication practice among selected households in Addis Ababa community, Ethiopia». This research work has been published at PLoS ONE (Shafie et al., 2018). The following are the objectives:General ObjectiveTo assess the prevalence and determinant factors of self-medication practice in selected households of three sub-cities of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.Specific Objectives— To determine the prevalence of self-medication practice (SMP).— To assess the level of knowledge of the participants about SMP.— To identify factors associated to SMP. PART TWO: «Self-medication practice with Antibiotics by adult patients who are suspected of urinary tract infections in Addis Ababa Community». It includes the following general and specific objectives:General objectiveTo assess the antibiotic self-medication practice among adult patients suspected of urinary tract infections (UTIs) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.Specific objectives— To characterize the socio-demographic characteristics of the study patients.— To determine the prevalence of antibiotic self-medication practice (ASMP) among adult patients suspected with UTIs.— To identify the associated risk factors of ASMP among adult patients suspected with UTIs.— To determine the antibiotic susceptibility test towards patient isolated bacteria from urine sample. — To assess the level of knowledge of the patients towards antibiotics.— To identify common uropathogenic bacteria among adult patients confirmed with UTIs...