Table 2 Scores on antibiotic knowledge, general beliefs about medicines (BMQ) and attitude toward antibiotic use among Norwegian pharmacy customers
Knowledge of antibiotics (score range) | Mean score (SD) | Percent of max score | ||
AB general knowledge (1–13) | 8.5 | (2.8) | 65.4% | |
AB resistance knowledge (1–10) | 7.1 | (2.1) | 71.0% | |
Total AB knowledge (1–23) | 15.6 | (4.4) | 67.8% | |
Beliefs about medicinesa (score range) | Mean score (SD) | Mean score/4b (SD) | ||
BMQ benefit (4–20) | 16.2 | (2.4) | 4.1 | (0.6) |
BMQ harm (4–20) | 10.3 | (2.7) | 2.6 | (0.7) |
BMQ overuse (4–20) | 12.7 | (2.4) | 3.2 | (0.6) |
Attitude toward antibiotic usea (score range) | Mean score (SD) | Mean score/2b (SD) | ||
Restrictive attitude supported (2–10) | 9.2 | (1.1) | 4.6 | (0.6) |
Non-restrictive attitude supported (2–10) | 5.2 | (1.9) | 2.6 | (1.0) |