Table 2 Parents’ knowledge on proper antibiotic use with PAPA scale – comparison of intervention versus control group
Item | Strongly disagree (%) | Disagree (%) | Neutral (%) | Agree (%) | Strongly agree (%) | P-value | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Intervention (n = 24) | Control (n = 20) | Intervention (n = 24) | Control (n = 20) | Intervention (n = 24) | Control (n = 20) | Intervention (n = 24) | Control (n = 20) | Intervention (n = 24) | Control (n = 20) | |||
1. | Common cold: need to take antibiotics | 75 | 35 | 25 | 55 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.142 |
2. | Sore throat: need to take antibiotics | 25 | 25 | 0 | 45 | 50 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0.053 |
3. | Antibiotics are used to treat bacterial infections | 0 | 0 | 25 | 10 | 0 | 25 | 50 | 50 | 25 | 15 | 0.770 |
4. | Antibiotics are used to treat viral infections | 50 | 10 | 25 | 10 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 50 | 25 | 0 | 0.222 |
5. | Antibiotics can cure all types of infections (viruses, bacteria and fungi) | 50 | 10 | 50 | 30 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0.024* |
6. | Antibiotics help treat children with colds | 50 | 10 | 25 | 30 | 25 | 30 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0.077 |
7. | Antibiotics can be harmful to human health | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 50 | 40 | 25 | 40 | 25 | 5 | 0.481 |
8. | Some bacteria are getting harder to use antibiotics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 50 | 65 | 50 | 15 | 0.107 |
9. | Some bacteria can become resistant to antibiotics if the dose is insufficient | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 50 | 45 | 50 | 25 | 0.183 |