%0 Journal Article
%T Drug Prescription Knowledge and Practices among Dental Students and Interns Enrolled in Selected Yemeni Universities
%A Abdullkhaleg Albashari
%A Altaf Al-Raih
%A Hisham Ebrahem Ebrahem
%A Mohammed Ali Al-Wesabi
%A Saba Al-Sanaani
%A Shrooq Al-Taybi
%A Somya Binrugaan
%J -
%D 2017
%X Objective: To assess the drug prescription knowledge among dental students and interns in public and private Yemeni universities.
%K A descriptive
%K observational study of drug prescription knowledge and practices was conducted through the distribution of self-administrated questionnaires to a total of 464 dental students and interns enrolled in four universities in Yemen in 2015. The study investigated the factors to be considered before drug prescribing
%K indications for prescribing antibiotics in dental situations
%K common antibiotics and analgesics prescribed
%K difficulties in writing a prescription and knowledge of the World Health Organization¡¯s Guide to Good Prescribing. Findings were presented as descriptive statistics of frequencies and percentages
%K and differences and associations were tested at P-values <0.05.
%U http://ust.edu/ojs/index.php/yjmp/article/view/1056