ASSESSMENT OF KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE AND PRACTICE REGARDING ANTIBIOTICS MISUSE AMONG THE PUBLIC IN SAUDI ARABIA
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https://doi.org/10.32553/ijmbs.v4i10.1487Keywords:
Knowledge, attitudes, practices, antibiotics, resistanceAbstract
Background: improper use of antibiotics lead to one of the serious problems of bacterial resistance.
Aim: to assess the frequency of antibiotic use and to obtain information about antibiotic prescription, in two centers in Northern Lima, Peru.
Methods: it is cross sectional study using a self-administered questionnaire.
Results: 1961surveys were considered, Two thirds received antibiotics in the last year, to obtain these drugs, were prescribed by a physician, most of physicians agreed in the importance of inadequate use of antibiotics and 85.1%prescribed antibiotics more than once every day. Internet is a useful resource of information as suggested by physicians to develop educative programs about use of antibiotics.
Conclusions: No enough knowledge about adequate use of antibiotics in the community, three quarters would go to hospital if they presented upper respiratory tract symptoms and half received an antibiotic prescription by the physician, if physicians prescribed antibiotics more than once every day, it leads to resistance.
Keywords: Knowledge, attitudes, practices, antibiotics, resistance
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