Knowledge, practices &amp; attitude toward antibiotics use and bacterial resistance in Jordan: A cross-sectional study

Yusef, Dawood; Babaa, Ahmad; Bashaireh, Alaa Z.; Al-Bawayeh, Haitham H.; Al-Rijjal, Kenan; Nedal, Maisa; Kailani, Sajeda

doi:10.1016/j.idh.2017.11.001

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“…However, as compared to this study, the proportions of Malaysian adult respondents in previous studies who expected antibiotics to be prescribed for their cold were higher (47.3% in Penang [35], 57.4% in Shah Alam [40] and 73.8% in Putrajaya [37]). This finding was in line with previous studies that found older adults to be less likely to expect or demand an antibiotic for their colds or flu [27,28,30,42].…”

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confidence: 93%

“…However, the percentage of respondents using antibiotics within the past month (13.9%) was lower compared to previous studies conducted among the general public in Malaysia and among the elderly in a multi-country survey by WHO [35,[37][38][39][40]. Nevertheless, the main reasons cited for taking antibiotics in this study, which were respiratory tract infections (35.4%) and fever (19.4%), were similar to previous surveys in Malaysia [35,40,41] and in other countries [42,43]. Similar to a previous study among the general public in Penang [35], the majority of respondents (96.9%) were prescribed the antibiotic after consultation with the physician.…”

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confidence: 80%

“…Only a small proportion (1.5%) of the respondents received antibiotics without physician consultation. This self-medication rate was comparatively much lower than those reported in other studies conducted among adults, which were 5.3% to 20.4% in Malaysia [35,[39][40][41]44], and 22.4% to 76.6% in other countries [42,43,[45][46][47][48][49], in which respondents obtained antibiotics from the pharmacy without prescriptions, followed by antibiotics shared by family or friends, and purchased from clinics without consultation. A systematic review reported that age is not a strong determinant in self-medication with antibiotics [50]; therefore, the lower rate of self-medication in this study might not be due to subject selection for elderly population.…”

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confidence: 63%

“…Similarly, a low rate of sharing own leftover antibiotics to friends or family or neighbors (2.5%) was found in this study, as compared to 26.5% in Lebanon [45], 31% in India [49] and 40% in Omani [53]. The most common inappropriate practice reported in this study was not completing antibiotic course according to the duration prescribed (17.2%), but this rate was also lower than that reported in adults in other countries (32-50%) [24,26,42,43,45,48,54,55]. Despite the lower rates reported in this study compared to the other studies conducted in the general population, inappropriate practices in older adults still warrant attention.…”

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Knowledge and Expectations on Antibiotic Use among Older Adults in Malaysia: A Cross-Sectional Survey

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Antibiotics are commonly prescribed among older adults, and inappropriate use of antibiotics has been noted. However, there is limited information about their knowledge and expectations for antibiotics. This study aimed to assess older adults' knowledge of antibiotic use and resistance, their expectations for antibiotics and the relationship between knowledge, expectation and inappropriate practices related to antibiotic use. A cross-sectional survey involving respondents aged 60 years and above was conducted, using a validated questionnaire. A lack of knowledge about the role of antibiotics was observed, whereby more than half of the respondents incorrectly believed that antibiotics can treat viral infections (53.5%) and colds and coughs (53.7%). Also, 67.9% of respondents incorrectly believed that antibiotic resistance occurs when the body becomes resistant to antibiotics. Almost half of the respondents would expect antibiotics for symptoms of self-limiting viral infections. Respondents who answered correctly for the role of antibiotics in viral infections were more likely not to expect antibiotics for cold, flu and cough (p < 0.001). Respondents who answered correctly regarding the need to adhere to antibiotics were more likely to have completed their antibiotic course (p < 0.001). Future educational initiatives should provide key information on the role of antibiotics and the importance of complying with antibiotics in this population.

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Knowledge and Expectations on Antibiotic Use among Older Adults in Malaysia: A Cross-Sectional Survey

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“…In this study, it was found that the patient's knowledge of amoxicillin antibiotic had a significant effect on compliance while the patient's attitude towards amoxicillin had no significant effect that is the patient's attitude did not significantly influence his or her actions to comply with amoxicin antibiotics. This could occur because people considered amoxicillincan be used to treat symptoms of the disease [13]. A study conducted in Alkharj, Saudi Arabia found that 64.3% of participants realized that antibiotics could be used to treat bacterial infections.…”

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Knowledge and attitude: two fundamental factors that determine patient compliance in antibiotic therapy

Pristianty

Kurniati

Hidayati

2019

Journal of Basic and Clinical Physiology and Pharmacology

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BackgroundWith the development of infectious diseases, the use of antibiotics is increasing. Amoxicillin is a penicillin class of antibiotics that are widely used today. Compliance with amoxicillin can reduce the risk of microbial resistance. Two fundamental factors that determine patient compliance in antibiotic therapy are the patient's knowledge and attitude towards the antibiotic. In this study, we want to know the effect of knowledge and attitudes of patients on their compliance in using amoxicillin antibiotics.MethodsThis study was an observational study with a cross section approach, a purposive sampling method by giving questionnaires to 100 respondents who received amoxicillin in Arjuno Primary Health Care, Klojen District in April 2019. Research variables include knowledge, attitudes, and patient compliance in using amoxicillin antibiotics. Data analysis was performed to determine the effect of knowledge and attitudes of patients on compliance with amoxicillin antibiotic therapy.ResultsThe results showed that knowledge significantly influences the complience (sig = 0.00), while attitude does not significantly influence compliance in using amoxicillin antibiotics(sig = 0,136). Knowledge and attitude were known to have a significant effect on compliance with amoxicillin antibiotic therapy (sig = 0.00), the magnitude of the influence of the two variables (R2 = 16.7%).ConclusionsIt can be concluded that the patient's knowledge and attitude influences his compliance to antibiotic therapy.

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Community-acquired serious bacterial infections in the first 90 days of life: a revisit in the era of multi-drug-resistant organisms

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Knowledge, practices & attitude toward antibiotics use and bacterial resistance in Jordan: A cross-sectional study

Cited by 46 publications

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Knowledge and Expectations on Antibiotic Use among Older Adults in Malaysia: A Cross-Sectional Survey

Knowledge and Expectations on Antibiotic Use among Older Adults in Malaysia: A Cross-Sectional Survey

Knowledge and attitude: two fundamental factors that determine patient compliance in antibiotic therapy

Community-acquired serious bacterial infections in the first 90 days of life: a revisit in the era of multi-drug-resistant organisms

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