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Drug Allergy Knowledge and Attitude among Resident Physicians at Zagazig University Hospitals: A Cross-Sectional Study

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Last updated: 23 Dec 2024

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Community Medicine

Abstract

Background: Drug allergy represents an important and growing public health problem worldwide. The clinical manifestations of drug allergy vary from mild to life-threatening reactions. Objectives: To measure the level of knowledge and attitude of the resident physicians towards drug allergy and to determine factors that influence them. Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out among resident physicians at Zagazig University hospitals from February to April 2024. A self-administered questionnaire about knowledge and attitude towards drug allergy was completed by the study sample. Results: A total 248 residents were included in the current analysis; 146 medical specialties and 102 surgical specialties. The mean age was 29.1±1.8 years and 50.8% of the residents were females. Approximately 76% of the residents had insufficient knowledge and 49% had a negative attitude. In multivariate logistic regression of predictors of insufficient knowledge; shorter years of experience including

DOI

10.21608/ejcm.2024.285783.1296

Keywords

Drug Allergy, Knowledge, Attitude, resident, Physicians

Authors

First Name

Maha

Last Name

Eltwansy

MiddleName

S.

Affiliation

Public Health and Community Medicine department, Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt

Email

mahaeltwansy@gmail.com

City

Egypt

Orcid

0009-0002-3996-909X

First Name

Amany

Last Name

AbdAllah

MiddleName

M.

Affiliation

Family medicine department, Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University, Egypt

Email

dr.amanymohammed@gmail.com

City

Zagazig

Orcid

0000-0001-5302-838X

First Name

Nesma

Last Name

Mahmoud

MiddleName

A.

Affiliation

Public Health and Community Medicine department, Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt

Email

drnesmaabdallah@gmail.com

City

Zagazig

Orcid

0000-0002-3272-5618

Volume

42

Article Issue

4

Related Issue

51111

Issue Date

2024-10-01

Receive Date

2024-04-28

Publish Date

2024-10-01

Page Start

267

Page End

275

Print ISSN

1110-1865

Online ISSN

2090-2611

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https://ejcm.journals.ekb.eg/article_372273.html

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372,273

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234

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Publication Title

The Egyptian Journal of Community Medicine

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https://ejcm.journals.ekb.eg/

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Drug Allergy Knowledge and Attitude among Resident Physicians at Zagazig University Hospitals: A Cross-Sectional Study

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Created At

23 Dec 2024