Table 1.
Frequency of prescribed antibiotics
| |
TNP ( N = 900) |
IP (%) |
AVP (%) | SD | 95% CI | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Group of antibiotics with ATC code | JES (n = 300) | MAPR (n = 300) | KEPR (n = 300) | JES | MAPR | KEPR | |||
| Cephalosporins (J01D) |
94 |
89 |
103 |
31.33 |
29.67 |
34.33 |
31.78 |
1.93 |
31.56 to 32 |
| Quinolones (J01M) |
85 |
44 |
18 |
28.33 |
14.67 |
6.00 |
16.33 |
9.19 |
15.28 to 17.34 |
| Macrolides (J01F) |
25 |
98 |
123 |
8.33 |
32.67 |
41.00 |
27.33 |
13.86 |
25.75 to 28.90 |
| Aminoglycosides (J01G) |
5 |
3 |
4 |
1.67 |
1.00 |
1.33 |
1.33 |
0.27 |
1.29 to 1.36 |
| Penicillins (J01C) |
36 |
17 |
11 |
12.00 |
5.67 |
3.67 |
7.11 |
3.55 |
6.71 to 7.51 |
| Antituberculers (J04A) |
20 |
2 |
1 |
6.67 |
0.67 |
0.33 |
2.56 |
2.91 |
2.23 to 2.89 |
| Tetracyclins (J01A) |
6 |
4 |
8 |
2.00 |
1.33 |
2.67 |
2.00 |
0.54 |
1.94 to 2.06 |
| Metronidazoles (J01XD01) |
13 |
27 |
21 |
4.33 |
9.00 |
7.00 |
6.78 |
1.91 |
6.56 to 6.99 |
| Antifungals |
6 |
11 |
8 |
2.00 |
3.67 |
2.67 |
2.78 |
0.68 |
2.70 to 2.86 |
| Other antibiotics (J01X) | 10 | 5 | 3 | 3.33 | 1.67 | 1.00 | 2.00 | 0.98 | 1.89 to 2.11 |
Here, JES=Jessore Sadar, MAPR=Manirampur, KEPR=Keshabpur, TNP=Total Number of Prescriptions, IP=Individual Percentage, AVP=Average Percentage, SD=Standard Deviation calculated by MS Office Excel-2007, 95% CI= Confidence Interval calculated by modified Wald method at 95% Confidence level.