Table 5 Parents’ experience with antibiotics with PAPA scale - comparison of baseline and post intervention
Item | Strongly disagree (%) | Disagree (%) | Neutral (%) | Agree (%) | Strongly agree (%) | P-value | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pretest | Posttest | Pretest | Posttest | Pretest | Posttest | Pretest | Posttest | Pretest | Posttest | |||
(n = 24) | (n = 24) | (n = 24) | (n = 24) | (n = 24) | (n = 24) | (n = 24) | (n = 24) | (n = 24) | (n = 24) | |||
1. | If my child’s condition feels better, I can reduce the dose of antibiotics. | 14 | 53 | 20 | 34 | 16 | 0 | 27 | 13 | 23 | 0 | 0.001* |
2. | If my child is mild, I will give appropriate antibiotics according to the condition. | 8 | 38 | 30 | 41 | 14 | 5 | 39 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 0.002* |
3. | There is no difference in skipping the dose of one or two antibiotics. | 22 | 52 | 55 | 35 | 16 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0.014 |
4. | If your child has symptoms of cough, cold or flu without taking antibiotics, my child will not get sick for a long time. | 16 | 7 | 47 | 24 | 22 | 39 | 15 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0.016 |
5. | If my child has a cold or cough, it is best to use antibiotics to cure | 11 | 41 | 20 | 44 | 39 | 11 | 16 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 0.001* |
6. | When a child has a cold, using antibiotics can speed up healing | 8 | 35 | 16 | 38 | 16 | 13 | 53 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 0.001* |
7. | Strict adherence to antibiotic dose is not important | 5 | 30 | 28 | 27 | 25 | 16 | 28 | 27 | 14 | 0 | 0.004* |