Adnan A Hamad, Godfrey O Mauti
Determination of the Prevalence of Ascaris lumbricoides in Children under the Age of Five Years Attending at Kongowe Health Centre, Kibaha District, Pwani Region
Journal of parasitology research
indian pharmaceutical market flooded different fixed drug combinations fdcs many lack rational justification study aimed assess knowledge attitude practice kap regarding fdcs among physicians tertiarycare teaching center target sample size crosssectional study calculated 75 study conducted february august 2020 using contentvalidated questionnaire descriptive statistics utilized data analysis chisquare test applied intergroup comparison p 005 considered significant mean age physicians participated survey 332 years 44 could identify potential advantages using fdcs 09 could correctly recognize disadvantages associated among list rational irrational fdcs 49 could single irrational ones though majority 83 respondents check rationality fdcs prescribing still 25 commonly prescribed fdcs 16 lacked scientific justification combination 09 16 banned government india outcome crosssectional questionnairebased study reflects deficit knowledge regarding fdcs well incoherence among knowledge attitude prescription practice though physicians cultivated healthy attitude towards prescribing fdcs reflected practice order rectify disparities authors proposed certain recommendations within article