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Knowledge, Attitude, and Practices of Antibiotics and Antibiotic Resistance Among Chinese Pharmacy Customers: A Multicenter Survey Study

Background: Resistance to antibiotics is one of the major global health challenges. An adequate understanding of the public regarding rational antibiotic use is a prerequisite to limit progression in antibiotic resistance. This study aimed to investigate the knowledge, attitude, and practices (KAP)...

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Autores principales: Li, Pengchao, Hayat, Khezar, Shi, Li, Lambojon, Krizzia, Saeed, Amna, Majid Aziz, Muhammad, Liu, Tao, Ji, Shiyu, Gong, Yilin, Feng, Zhitong, Jiang, Minghuan, Ji, Wenjing, Yang, Caijun, Chang, Jie, Fang, Yu
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7235738/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32316147
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics9040184
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author Li, Pengchao
Hayat, Khezar
Shi, Li
Lambojon, Krizzia
Saeed, Amna
Majid Aziz, Muhammad
Liu, Tao
Ji, Shiyu
Gong, Yilin
Feng, Zhitong
Jiang, Minghuan
Ji, Wenjing
Yang, Caijun
Chang, Jie
Fang, Yu
author_facet Li, Pengchao
Hayat, Khezar
Shi, Li
Lambojon, Krizzia
Saeed, Amna
Majid Aziz, Muhammad
Liu, Tao
Ji, Shiyu
Gong, Yilin
Feng, Zhitong
Jiang, Minghuan
Ji, Wenjing
Yang, Caijun
Chang, Jie
Fang, Yu
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description Background: Resistance to antibiotics is one of the major global health challenges. An adequate understanding of the public regarding rational antibiotic use is a prerequisite to limit progression in antibiotic resistance. This study aimed to investigate the knowledge, attitude, and practices (KAP) of antibiotics and antibiotic resistance among customers visiting community pharmacies. Methods: This study was undertaken in three capital cities in China during March 2019 and July 2019 by using a questionnaire of 28 items. The questionnaire had four parts, including sociodemographic characteristics, KAP about antibiotics, and antibiotic resistance. A systematic random sampling approach was used to recruit the participants. Kruskal–Wallis and Mann–Whitney tests were carried out for data analysis. Results: The response rate was 66.7% (1800/2700). Out of the total, only 9.7% of the customers had good knowledge about antibiotics. Nearly half of the participants were unable to differentiate between antibiotics, and anti-inflammatory drugs (n = 820, 45.6%, Median = 2, IQR = 1). Most of the customers were of the view that the use of over the counter antibiotics in pregnant women is unsafe (n = 1307, 72.6%, Median = 2, IQR = 0). Almost half of the participants disagreed that costly antibiotics are more effective and have fewer side effects (n = 897, 49.9%, Median = 3, IQR = 1). Only 22.3% of participants said that they always finish the course of antibiotic treatment (n = 401, 22.3%, Median = 3, IQR = 1). Conclusion: The knowledge of Chinese pharmacy consumers was inadequate, and a lack of good attitudes and practices in certain aspects of antibiotic use was observed. Educational interventions are needed to increase public knowledge of antibiotics.
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spelling pubmed-72357382020-05-22 Knowledge, Attitude, and Practices of Antibiotics and Antibiotic Resistance Among Chinese Pharmacy Customers: A Multicenter Survey Study Li, Pengchao Hayat, Khezar Shi, Li Lambojon, Krizzia Saeed, Amna Majid Aziz, Muhammad Liu, Tao Ji, Shiyu Gong, Yilin Feng, Zhitong Jiang, Minghuan Ji, Wenjing Yang, Caijun Chang, Jie Fang, Yu Antibiotics (Basel) Article Background: Resistance to antibiotics is one of the major global health challenges. An adequate understanding of the public regarding rational antibiotic use is a prerequisite to limit progression in antibiotic resistance. This study aimed to investigate the knowledge, attitude, and practices (KAP) of antibiotics and antibiotic resistance among customers visiting community pharmacies. Methods: This study was undertaken in three capital cities in China during March 2019 and July 2019 by using a questionnaire of 28 items. The questionnaire had four parts, including sociodemographic characteristics, KAP about antibiotics, and antibiotic resistance. A systematic random sampling approach was used to recruit the participants. Kruskal–Wallis and Mann–Whitney tests were carried out for data analysis. Results: The response rate was 66.7% (1800/2700). Out of the total, only 9.7% of the customers had good knowledge about antibiotics. Nearly half of the participants were unable to differentiate between antibiotics, and anti-inflammatory drugs (n = 820, 45.6%, Median = 2, IQR = 1). Most of the customers were of the view that the use of over the counter antibiotics in pregnant women is unsafe (n = 1307, 72.6%, Median = 2, IQR = 0). Almost half of the participants disagreed that costly antibiotics are more effective and have fewer side effects (n = 897, 49.9%, Median = 3, IQR = 1). Only 22.3% of participants said that they always finish the course of antibiotic treatment (n = 401, 22.3%, Median = 3, IQR = 1). Conclusion: The knowledge of Chinese pharmacy consumers was inadequate, and a lack of good attitudes and practices in certain aspects of antibiotic use was observed. Educational interventions are needed to increase public knowledge of antibiotics. MDPI 2020-04-16 /pmc/articles/PMC7235738/ /pubmed/32316147 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics9040184 Text en © 2020 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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Li, Pengchao
Hayat, Khezar
Shi, Li
Lambojon, Krizzia
Saeed, Amna
Majid Aziz, Muhammad
Liu, Tao
Ji, Shiyu
Gong, Yilin
Feng, Zhitong
Jiang, Minghuan
Ji, Wenjing
Yang, Caijun
Chang, Jie
Fang, Yu
Knowledge, Attitude, and Practices of Antibiotics and Antibiotic Resistance Among Chinese Pharmacy Customers: A Multicenter Survey Study
title Knowledge, Attitude, and Practices of Antibiotics and Antibiotic Resistance Among Chinese Pharmacy Customers: A Multicenter Survey Study
title_full Knowledge, Attitude, and Practices of Antibiotics and Antibiotic Resistance Among Chinese Pharmacy Customers: A Multicenter Survey Study
title_fullStr Knowledge, Attitude, and Practices of Antibiotics and Antibiotic Resistance Among Chinese Pharmacy Customers: A Multicenter Survey Study
title_full_unstemmed Knowledge, Attitude, and Practices of Antibiotics and Antibiotic Resistance Among Chinese Pharmacy Customers: A Multicenter Survey Study
title_short Knowledge, Attitude, and Practices of Antibiotics and Antibiotic Resistance Among Chinese Pharmacy Customers: A Multicenter Survey Study
title_sort knowledge, attitude, and practices of antibiotics and antibiotic resistance among chinese pharmacy customers: a multicenter survey study
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7235738/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32316147
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics9040184
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