Hábitos de prescripción de aines por estudiantes de pregrado en las clínicas odontológicas de la universidad Santo Tomas, 2015

Abstract

Objective: Describe the habits of prescription of NSAIDs given by undergraduate students at the faculty of dentistry Santo Tomas of Floridablanca. Materials and methods: cross- sectional observational study was conducted, which sampled 45 prescriptions given to users over the age of 18 who went to see the dentist. Prescriptions of NSAID given by undergraduate students who were enrolled in the seventh to tenth semesters were evaluated. Prior to conducting a pilot test, information was obtained from the patients prescriptions who agreed voluntarily and confidentially, to answer a questionnaire by personal interview, also obtaining the authorization to access the medical record. To evaluate the quality of the NSAID prescriptions, was used information from literature review based on evidence. Data were processed using descriptive statistics in the Epi Info program, version 6.0.