[Concepts of pharmacy employees concerning the management of diarrhea in children].
The purpose of this study was to establish the concepts of the drugstore salesforce on the management of acute diarrhea in children. The study was carried out in Guatemala by means of a direct interview of 427 employees of an equal number of drugstores, that were representative of the total drugstores in the country. The results showed that one third of the employees only have grammar education or less, that they were young adults without training in medicine or drug therapy, and that it frequent that people ask for medication for diarrhea in children. For food during diarrhea, fat, milk, meat and beans were mentioned as bad foods, and starch gruels, vegetables and soups were mentioned as good food. From the total sample 82.4% stated that antibiotics are indicated always or almost always, 69.8% prescribe antidiarrheicals as caolin/pectine alone or in combination with antibiotics or sulfonamides, and 33.0% prescribe antibiotics, being ampicillin, chloramphenicol and cotrimoxazole the more common; 73.5% prescribe oral rehydration, but only 8.7% of drugstores have oral rehydration salts recommended by WHO/UNICEF. Based on these results it is recommended to establish a longitudinal program in order to train this group of people who are in primary care, on the management of acute diarrhea in children.
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D000328:Adult; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000930:Antidiarrheals / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001294:Attitude to Health; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003968:Diarrhea, Infantile / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D004363:Drug Utilization; D005440:Fluid Therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D004366:Nonprescription Drugs; D010594:Pharmacies; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D000930:Antidiarrheals; D004366:Nonprescription Drugs
Conceptos de empleados de farmacia acerca del manejo de la diarrea en niños.