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Antibiotic Use: A Cross-Sectional Study Evaluating the Understanding, Usage and Perspectives of Medical Students and Pathfinders of a Public Defence University in Malaysia

Background: Antimicrobial prescribing behaviors are often influenced by the local culture and prescribing appropriateness of medical doctors and other health care professionals. Globally, antimicrobial utilization practices have a profound impact on antimicrobial resistance and are a tremendous publ...

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Autores principales: Haque, Mainul, Rahman, Nor Azlina A., McKimm, Judy, Sartelli, Massimo, Kibria, Golam Mohammad, Islam, Md Zakirul, Binti Lutfi, Siti Nur Najihah, Binti Othman, Nur Syamirah Aishah, Binti Abdullah, Shahidah Leong
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6784178/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31546812
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics8030154
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author Haque, Mainul
Rahman, Nor Azlina A.
McKimm, Judy
Sartelli, Massimo
Kibria, Golam Mohammad
Islam, Md Zakirul
Binti Lutfi, Siti Nur Najihah
Binti Othman, Nur Syamirah Aishah
Binti Abdullah, Shahidah Leong
author_facet Haque, Mainul
Rahman, Nor Azlina A.
McKimm, Judy
Sartelli, Massimo
Kibria, Golam Mohammad
Islam, Md Zakirul
Binti Lutfi, Siti Nur Najihah
Binti Othman, Nur Syamirah Aishah
Binti Abdullah, Shahidah Leong
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description Background: Antimicrobial prescribing behaviors are often influenced by the local culture and prescribing appropriateness of medical doctors and other health care professionals. Globally, antimicrobial utilization practices have a profound impact on antimicrobial resistance and are a tremendous public health concern. The aim of this survey was to explore the knowledge and attitudes of medical students from the National Defence University of Malaysia regarding antimicrobial usage and antimicrobial resistance. Research design and methods: This was a cross-sectional study. The study population consisted of undergraduate medical students in each year group from the National Defence University of Malaysia. Students receive limited formal training on the use of antibiotics in their curriculum, and most of this learning is opportunistic whilst on clinical placement. Universal sampling was used as the study population was small. Data were collected utilizing a previously validated instrument regarding antibiotic use. Simple descriptive statistics were used to generate frequencies and percentages with SPSS V21. This research was approved by the Centre for Research and Innovation Management, National Defence University of Malaysia. Results: 206 questionnaires were distributed with a response rate of 99.03%, 54% (110) male, and 46% (94) female. Out of the respondents, 65% (132) had used antibiotics in the last year. Respondents displayed a moderate level of knowledge about antibiotics. Conclusions: This study revealed that the older the student was, or when the year of study and total knowledge score was higher, the students were less likely to stop antimicrobials when they felt better or use leftover antibiotics without consulting a doctor. Therefore, the nearer the students were to graduation, the better their knowledge and skills were, and this translated into their own behaviors regarding use of antimicrobials. This finding has clear implications for curriculum design and the inclusion of formal teaching throughout the medical program on antimicrobial use and antimicrobial resistance (AMR). However, more research is needed on this topic, including the prescribing habits and antibiotic use of practicing doctors.
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spelling pubmed-67841782019-10-16 Antibiotic Use: A Cross-Sectional Study Evaluating the Understanding, Usage and Perspectives of Medical Students and Pathfinders of a Public Defence University in Malaysia Haque, Mainul Rahman, Nor Azlina A. McKimm, Judy Sartelli, Massimo Kibria, Golam Mohammad Islam, Md Zakirul Binti Lutfi, Siti Nur Najihah Binti Othman, Nur Syamirah Aishah Binti Abdullah, Shahidah Leong Antibiotics (Basel) Article Background: Antimicrobial prescribing behaviors are often influenced by the local culture and prescribing appropriateness of medical doctors and other health care professionals. Globally, antimicrobial utilization practices have a profound impact on antimicrobial resistance and are a tremendous public health concern. The aim of this survey was to explore the knowledge and attitudes of medical students from the National Defence University of Malaysia regarding antimicrobial usage and antimicrobial resistance. Research design and methods: This was a cross-sectional study. The study population consisted of undergraduate medical students in each year group from the National Defence University of Malaysia. Students receive limited formal training on the use of antibiotics in their curriculum, and most of this learning is opportunistic whilst on clinical placement. Universal sampling was used as the study population was small. Data were collected utilizing a previously validated instrument regarding antibiotic use. Simple descriptive statistics were used to generate frequencies and percentages with SPSS V21. This research was approved by the Centre for Research and Innovation Management, National Defence University of Malaysia. Results: 206 questionnaires were distributed with a response rate of 99.03%, 54% (110) male, and 46% (94) female. Out of the respondents, 65% (132) had used antibiotics in the last year. Respondents displayed a moderate level of knowledge about antibiotics. Conclusions: This study revealed that the older the student was, or when the year of study and total knowledge score was higher, the students were less likely to stop antimicrobials when they felt better or use leftover antibiotics without consulting a doctor. Therefore, the nearer the students were to graduation, the better their knowledge and skills were, and this translated into their own behaviors regarding use of antimicrobials. This finding has clear implications for curriculum design and the inclusion of formal teaching throughout the medical program on antimicrobial use and antimicrobial resistance (AMR). However, more research is needed on this topic, including the prescribing habits and antibiotic use of practicing doctors. MDPI 2019-09-19 /pmc/articles/PMC6784178/ /pubmed/31546812 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics8030154 Text en © 2019 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Haque, Mainul
Rahman, Nor Azlina A.
McKimm, Judy
Sartelli, Massimo
Kibria, Golam Mohammad
Islam, Md Zakirul
Binti Lutfi, Siti Nur Najihah
Binti Othman, Nur Syamirah Aishah
Binti Abdullah, Shahidah Leong
Antibiotic Use: A Cross-Sectional Study Evaluating the Understanding, Usage and Perspectives of Medical Students and Pathfinders of a Public Defence University in Malaysia
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title_full Antibiotic Use: A Cross-Sectional Study Evaluating the Understanding, Usage and Perspectives of Medical Students and Pathfinders of a Public Defence University in Malaysia
title_fullStr Antibiotic Use: A Cross-Sectional Study Evaluating the Understanding, Usage and Perspectives of Medical Students and Pathfinders of a Public Defence University in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Antibiotic Use: A Cross-Sectional Study Evaluating the Understanding, Usage and Perspectives of Medical Students and Pathfinders of a Public Defence University in Malaysia
title_short Antibiotic Use: A Cross-Sectional Study Evaluating the Understanding, Usage and Perspectives of Medical Students and Pathfinders of a Public Defence University in Malaysia
title_sort antibiotic use: a cross-sectional study evaluating the understanding, usage and perspectives of medical students and pathfinders of a public defence university in malaysia
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6784178/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31546812
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics8030154
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