[Compliance with antibiotic treatment in nonhospitalized children].
OBJECTIVE
To evaluate compliance with antibiotic treatment in children and to determine the factors that may be associated with compliance with antibiotic treatment in children not in hospital.


METHODS
Prevalence study.


METHODS
La Rioja primary care centres.


METHODS
384 children from 0 to 10, not in hospital, who needed antibiotic treatment between October 1998 and January 1999.


RESULTS
Antibiotic compliance was measured with the Morisky-Green test through a phone survey of the parents ten days after the treatment was prescribed. The number of children who complied satisfactorily with the prescribed treatment was 214 (55.7%; 95% CI, 50.6-60.7). Correct compliance was more common in children with 12-hour rather than 8-hour intervals (OR: 1.87; CI OR, 1.23-2.85), and in children who went to nursery rather than children at school (OR: 1.77; CI OR, 1.08-2.91).


CONCLUSIONS
Correct compliance in the study was low. Approximately half the children prescribed an antibiotic treatment at two or three doses a day took it as the paediatrician had indicated.
Ramalle-Gómara
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Servicio de Epidemiología y Promoción de la Salud, Logroño, La Rioja. enrique.ramalle@larioja.org
Bermejo-Ascorbe
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Alonso Marín
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Marino Alejo
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Sáenz de Cabezón Bustinduy
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Villaro Amilburu
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D000553:Ambulatory Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D016015:Logistic Models; D010290:Parents; D010349:Patient Compliance / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D013997:Time Factors
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents
Cumplimiento del tratamiento antibiótico en niños no hospitalizados.