Effects of a Training Course for Andalusian Podiatrists on Antibiotic Management in Ingrown Toenail Infections: A Pilot Study.

IF 0.5 4区医学 Q4 ORTHOPEDICS

Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association Pub Date : 2024-03-01 DOI:10.7547/22-149

Antonio Córdoba-Fernández, José González-Llanos, Aurora Castro-Mendez

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Abstract

Background: The use of antibiotics (ABs) for the prevention and management of infections has been widespread for decades and, at this time, AB resistance is a global health crisis. The available evidence highlights the need to reduce the prophylactic and therapeutic use of ABs to avoid associated risks.

Methods: A preliminary study with a total sample of 56 Andalusian (Spain) podiatrists was surveyed. The purpose of this study was to identify whether there were changes in prescription habits from a situation before a subsequent training course on AB indications for the management of infections associated with ingrown toenails. An ad hoc questionnaire of 15 items related to therapeutic and prophylactic prescriptions of ABs was developed for this purpose, and the evaluation was carried out before and after the training course.

Results: The responses obtained before and after training were compared. The training activity led to improvements in the prescription habits of the participants, producing significant changes in the prescription pattern of the professionals in 10 of the 15 items.

Conclusions: The results of this preliminary study show that the podiatrists surveyed improved the rational use of systemic AB therapy in ingrown toenails infections.

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安达卢西亚足病医生培训课程对嵌甲感染抗生素治疗的影响：试点研究。

背景：几十年来，抗生素（ABs）一直被广泛用于预防和治疗感染，目前，ABs 耐药性已成为全球健康危机。现有证据表明，有必要减少抗生素的预防性和治疗性使用，以避免相关风险：方法：我们对安达卢西亚（西班牙）的 56 名足病医生进行了初步调查。这项研究的目的是确定在随后举办的关于治疗嵌甲感染的 AB 适应症培训课程之前，处方习惯是否发生了变化。为此制作了一份包含 15 个与 AB 治疗和预防性处方相关项目的特别问卷，并在培训课程前后进行了评估：结果：对培训前后的回答进行了比较。培训活动改善了参与者的处方习惯，使专业人员的处方模式在 15 个项目中的 10 个项目上发生了显著变化：这项初步研究的结果表明，接受调查的足科医生提高了在嵌甲感染中合理使用全身 AB 疗法的水平。

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Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association 医学-整形外科

CiteScore

1.10

自引率

0.00%

发文量

128

审稿时长

6-12 weeks

期刊介绍： The Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association, the official journal of the Association, is the oldest and most frequently cited peer-reviewed journal in the profession of foot and ankle medicine. Founded in 1907 and appearing 6 times per year, it publishes research studies, case reports, literature reviews, special communications, clinical correspondence, letters to the editor, book reviews, and various other types of submissions. The Journal is included in major indexing and abstracting services for biomedical literature.