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    Conocimientos y prácticas sobre prescripción de antidiabéticos orales por los médicos rurales, provincia del Azuay, 2012
    (2013) Quizhpe Guamán, Pablo Patricio; Quezada Mosquera, Maribel Alejandra; Plaza Ronquillo, Leonidas Patricio; Ojeda Orellana, Marco Ribelino; Vintimilla Maldonado, Jaime Rosendo
    Objective: To determine the knowledge and practices level at prescription of hypoglycemic agents by Rural Physicians who work in the health sub-centers, health centers and hospitals in the Ecuadorian Province of Azuay in 2012.Method and Materials: It´s a descriptive study. The sample is the study´s entire Universe (N: 148 Rural Physicians), who work in the Health Sub-Centers, Health Centers and Hospitals of Azuay. The instrument to collect the data was a previously validated questionnaire. We analyzed the results with SPSS 15.00 Evaluation version software Results: The study found 52.6% of the Rural Physicians were women. The 83.3% graduated of Public University. The 63.2% worked in Health Sub-Centers of Azuay. The 14.0% and 67.5% of the Rural Physicians scored a very good and good knowledge and practices respectively on hypoglycemic agents’ prescription. Conclusions: The 81.5% of the Rural Physicians had very good and good knowledge and practices at prescription of hypoglycemic agents