Table 2 Number and percentage of the correctly answered questions related to KAP in health and non-health related majors
Number (Percentage) of Respondents Giving a Correct Answer | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Non-health related major | Health-related major | p-value | |
Knowledge | n (%) | n (%) | |
Effectiveness of antibiotics to treat bacterial/viral infections | 101 (36.9) | 381 (80.2) | ≤0.001 |
Effectiveness of antibiotics to treat urinary tract infections | 51 (30.4) | 215 (47.3) | ≤0.001 |
Effectiveness of antibiotics to treat malaria | 88 (57.5) | 208 (53.3) | 0.38 |
Effectiveness of antibiotics to treat headaches | 41 (17.7) | 54 (11.6) | 0.02 |
Effectiveness of antibiotics to treat fevers | 84 (37.2) | 188 (40.3) | 0.43 |
When should you stop taking antibiotics once you had started the treatment? | 221 (80.7) | 452 (95.2) | ≤0.001 |
Familiarity with terms related to antibiotic resistance | 155 (56.6) | 443 (93.3) | ≤0.001 |
Attitude | |||
Is it okay to use antibiotics that were given to a friend or family member, as long as they were used to treat the same infection as you have? | 202 (85.2) | 435 (94) | ≤0.001 |
Is it okay to buy the same antibiotics, if you’re sick and they helped you get better when you had the same symptoms before? | 163 (68.2) | 384 (84) | ≤0.001 |
What do you think of a doctor who doesn’t prescribe antibiotics when the patient thinks that they are needed? | 120 (68.6) | 305 (83.1) | ≤0.001 |
Does insufficient knowledge contribute to the development of antibiotic resistance? | 117 (84.7) | 398 (89.4) | 0.21 |
Do you think that antibiotic resistance can result from inappropriate use of antibiotics? | 158 (89.2) | 425 (94.4) | 0.17 |
Does skipping one or two doses of antibiotics contribute to the development of antibiotic resistance? | 101 (70.6) | 334 (82.3) | 0.003 |
Do you think that the more antibiotics we use in society, the higher is the risk that resistance develops and spreads? | 143 (83.6) | 421 (90.5) | 0.01 |
Can antibiotic resistance spread from one person to another? | 224 (81.8) | 357 (75.2) | 0.07 |
Is antibiotic resistance an important and serious global public health issue? | 164 (83.6) | 441 (94.6) | 0.03 |
Should pharmaceutical companies, in your opinion, develop new antibiotics? | 89 (89.6) | 306 (98.6) | 0.04 |
Practices | |||
Do you check the expiry date of the antibiotics before using it? | 204 (74.5) | 401 (84.4) | 0.001 |