Practices of patients consuming antibiotics and knowledge about antibiotic resistance in Hail region – Saudi Arabia

AIM: Antibiotic misuse is considered one of the major causes of antimicrobial resistance. OBJECTIVE: The study aims to investigate the practices of antibiotic misuse in the region of Hail, Saudi Arabia and the extent of people awareness of antibiotic resistance. METHODS: Participants ≥18 years of ag...

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Autores principales: Benmerzouga, Imaan, Al-Zammay, Seham A, Al-Shammari, Maha M, Alsaif, Sitah A, Alhaidan, Taghreed M, Aljofan, Mohamad
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Future Science Ltd 2019
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6900975/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31827890
http://dx.doi.org/10.2144/fsoa-2019-0054
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author Benmerzouga, Imaan
Al-Zammay, Seham A
Al-Shammari, Maha M
Alsaif, Sitah A
Alhaidan, Taghreed M
Aljofan, Mohamad
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Al-Zammay, Seham A
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Alsaif, Sitah A
Alhaidan, Taghreed M
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description AIM: Antibiotic misuse is considered one of the major causes of antimicrobial resistance. OBJECTIVE: The study aims to investigate the practices of antibiotic misuse in the region of Hail, Saudi Arabia and the extent of people awareness of antibiotic resistance. METHODS: Participants ≥18 years of age of both genders were recruit by convenience sampling from different public places. RESULTS: Out of 500 participants, 26% obtained their antibiotic without a prescription, 27% took antibiotics for unknown infections and only 34% completed antibiotic course. A total of 36.2% did not know about antibiotic resistance and its rise, but the majority were willing to learn. The results warrant further study into malpractice with a wider geographic area and sample size to generalize the results for the whole country.
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spelling pubmed-69009752019-12-11 Practices of patients consuming antibiotics and knowledge about antibiotic resistance in Hail region – Saudi Arabia Benmerzouga, Imaan Al-Zammay, Seham A Al-Shammari, Maha M Alsaif, Sitah A Alhaidan, Taghreed M Aljofan, Mohamad Future Sci OA Research Article AIM: Antibiotic misuse is considered one of the major causes of antimicrobial resistance. OBJECTIVE: The study aims to investigate the practices of antibiotic misuse in the region of Hail, Saudi Arabia and the extent of people awareness of antibiotic resistance. METHODS: Participants ≥18 years of age of both genders were recruit by convenience sampling from different public places. RESULTS: Out of 500 participants, 26% obtained their antibiotic without a prescription, 27% took antibiotics for unknown infections and only 34% completed antibiotic course. A total of 36.2% did not know about antibiotic resistance and its rise, but the majority were willing to learn. The results warrant further study into malpractice with a wider geographic area and sample size to generalize the results for the whole country. Future Science Ltd 2019-09-27 /pmc/articles/PMC6900975/ /pubmed/31827890 http://dx.doi.org/10.2144/fsoa-2019-0054 Text en © 2019 Mohamad Aljofan This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
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Practices of patients consuming antibiotics and knowledge about antibiotic resistance in Hail region – Saudi Arabia
title Practices of patients consuming antibiotics and knowledge about antibiotic resistance in Hail region – Saudi Arabia
title_full Practices of patients consuming antibiotics and knowledge about antibiotic resistance in Hail region – Saudi Arabia
title_fullStr Practices of patients consuming antibiotics and knowledge about antibiotic resistance in Hail region – Saudi Arabia
title_full_unstemmed Practices of patients consuming antibiotics and knowledge about antibiotic resistance in Hail region – Saudi Arabia
title_short Practices of patients consuming antibiotics and knowledge about antibiotic resistance in Hail region – Saudi Arabia
title_sort practices of patients consuming antibiotics and knowledge about antibiotic resistance in hail region – saudi arabia
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6900975/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.2144/fsoa-2019-0054
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