Table 5 Impact of counselling and antibiotic awareness campaign on AR and concordance/adherence in deprived areas
a Respondents’ knowledge on Antibiotic Resistance | ||||
STATEMENTS (correct response) | CAMPAIGN EXPOSURE % (n) % = n/N |  | ||
Yes N = 37 | No N = 183 | |||
Bacteria has potential to become resistant to antibiotics (strongly agree/agree) | 73 (27) | 69 (126) | ||
x 2 p | 0.2467 0.619391 | |||
Antibiotic resistance is when antibiotics no longer work to treat infections (strongly agree/agree) | 54 (20) | 63 (115) | ||
x 2 p | 1.0024 0.316725 | |||
If taken too often or unnecessarily, antibiotics are less likely to work in the future (strongly agree/agree) | 62 (23) | 56 (103) | ||
x 2 p | 0.4345 0.509766 | |||
b Concordance/adherence behaviour of respondents in deprived areas who have had an antibiotic prescribed on at least one previous occasion | ||||
STATEMENTS (correct response) | Campaign exposure % (n) % = n/N | Counselling exposure % (n) % = n/N | ||
Yes N = 33 | No N = 130 | Always N = 32 | Not always/Sometimes/never N = 131 | |
Do you follow the instructions given to take an antibiotic? (always) | 64 (21) | 57 (74) | 84 (27) | 52 (68) |
x 2 p | 0.4878 0.48489 | 11.1494 0.000841 | ||
Do you complete the full course of antibiotics prescribed? (always) | 45 (15) | 46 (60) | 75 (24) | 39 (51) |
x 2 p | 0.0052 0.942617 | 13.4687 0.000243 | ||
Do you stop taking the antibiotics once you start feeling better? (never) | 27 (9) | 35 (46) | 59 (19) | 27 (36) |
x 2 p | 0.7746 0.378784 | 11.7015 0.000624 | ||
Do you skip doses of antibiotics? (never) | 33 (11) | 33 (43) | 56 (18) | 27 (36) |
x 2 p | 0.0008 0.977704 | 9.6082 0.001937 | ||