An analysis on the correlation between anti-diarrhea drugs sales volume in over-the-counter pharmacy and diarrhea cases in sentinel hospitals in Shanghai
LU Dong-lei, DU Kai, XU Bi-yao, DUAN Sheng-gang, LIU Hong
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention of Shanghai Municipal City, Shanghai 200336, China
Abstract:Objective To learn the relationship between the sale volume of anti-diarrhea drugs and diarrhea cases, and to evaluate the possibility of using the sale volume of anti-diarrhea drugs as an indirect indicator of foodborne disease surveillance. Methods Collect data of sale volume of 10 kinds of anti-diarrhea drugs in Shanghai Pharmacy Company Limited and diarrhea cases of 23 sentinel hospitals in Shanghai in 2015, and correlation analysis was conducted. Results The variation trend of sale volume of anti-diarrhea drugs and diarrhea cases in sentinel hospitals were similar, and there were same peaks in summer and winter. Sale volume of 10 kinds of anti-diarrhea drugs correlated with diarrhea cases, and the Spearman correlation coefficient of compound ancklandia and berberine tablets was the highest and it reached 0.695. The coefficient of the sum of ten kinds of anti-diarrhea drugs one or two days before diarrhea cases in sentinel hospitals was higher and reached 0.630 and 0.597. Conclusion Anti-diarrhea drugs sale volume were correlatd with diarrhea cases in sentinel hospitals in Shanghai .The sale volume of anti-diarrhea drugs one or two days before diarrhea cases in sentinel hospitals could be used as an indirect indicator of surveillance.
陆冬磊,杜凯,徐碧瑶,段胜刚,刘弘. 上海市药店销售止泻药与医院腹泻就诊病例的相关性分析[J]. 预防医学, 2017, 29(1): 36-39.
LU Dong-lei, DU Kai, XU Bi-yao, DUAN Sheng-gang, LIU Hong. An analysis on the correlation between anti-diarrhea drugs sales volume in over-the-counter pharmacy and diarrhea cases in sentinel hospitals in Shanghai. Preventive Medicine, 2017, 29(1): 36-39.