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Compliance with short‐term oral antibacterial drug treatment in dogs
Author(s) -
Grave K.,
Tanem H.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
journal of small animal practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.7
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1748-5827
pISSN - 0022-4510
DOI - 10.1111/j.1748-5827.1999.tb03781.x
Subject(s) - medicine , compliance (psychology) , term (time) , drug , intensive care medicine , pharmacology , psychology , social psychology , physics , quantum mechanics
Compliance with a 10‐day course of oral antibacterial drugs in dogs being treated as outpatients at a veterinary clinic was assessed by use of pill count data obtained by telephone interview. The association between compliance and several possible determinants of compliance was investigated. Ninety‐five animal owners were included in the study, with 44 per cent reporting 100 per cent compliance with the treatment regimen and as many as 88 per cent reporting a compliance level of 80 per cent or more. The compliance level was significantly higher (P<0·002) when the animal owners felt that the veterinarians spent enough time on the consultation. Moreover, compliance was significantly higher (P<0·05) for dogs being treated for gastrointestinal infections compared with those being treated for other diseases.