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Antibiotics Use and Its Knowledge in the Community: A Mobile Phone Survey during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Bangladesh

The general population has been excessively using antibiotics during the COVID-19 pandemic. Therefore, the use of antibiotics for any reported illnesses in the preceding four weeks and knowledge of antibiotics among the general population in the community were assessed for possible interventions. A...

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Autores principales: Akhtar, Zubair, Mah-E-Muneer, Syeda, Rashid, Md. Mahbubur, Ahmed, Md. Shakil, Islam, Md. Ariful, Chowdhury, Sukanta, Khan, Zobaid, Hassan, Md. Zakiul, Islam, Khaleda, Parveen, Shahana, Debnath, Nitish, Rahman, Mahmudur, Chowdhury, Fahmida
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8469517/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34572634
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics10091052
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author Akhtar, Zubair
Mah-E-Muneer, Syeda
Rashid, Md. Mahbubur
Ahmed, Md. Shakil
Islam, Md. Ariful
Chowdhury, Sukanta
Khan, Zobaid
Hassan, Md. Zakiul
Islam, Khaleda
Parveen, Shahana
Debnath, Nitish
Rahman, Mahmudur
Chowdhury, Fahmida
author_facet Akhtar, Zubair
Mah-E-Muneer, Syeda
Rashid, Md. Mahbubur
Ahmed, Md. Shakil
Islam, Md. Ariful
Chowdhury, Sukanta
Khan, Zobaid
Hassan, Md. Zakiul
Islam, Khaleda
Parveen, Shahana
Debnath, Nitish
Rahman, Mahmudur
Chowdhury, Fahmida
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description The general population has been excessively using antibiotics during the COVID-19 pandemic. Therefore, the use of antibiotics for any reported illnesses in the preceding four weeks and knowledge of antibiotics among the general population in the community were assessed for possible interventions. A mobile phone survey among a general population across eight administrative divisions of Bangladesh was conducted during January–March 2021. Reported illness episodes irrespective of COVID-19 in the preceding four weeks of the interview, use of antibiotics for the illnesses, and knowledge on antibiotics among the general population were recorded. Descriptive analyses were performed. We randomly interviewed 1854 participants, with a mean age of 28.5 years (range: 18–75 years); 60.6% were male. Among all participants, 86.3% (95% CI: 84.7–87.8) heard names of antibiotics, but only 12.1% reported unspecified harmful effects, and 3.5% reported antimicrobial resistance when antibiotics were taken without a physician’s prescription. Among 257 (13.9%) participants, who consumed medicines for their recent illness episode, 32.7% (95% CI: 27.2–38.6) reported using antibiotics. Of those who could recall the names of antibiotics prescribed (n = 36), the most frequently used was azithromycin (22.2%) followed by cefixime (11.1%) and ciprofloxacin (5.6%). Our findings show an increased antibiotic use for illnesses reported in the preceding four weeks and an elevated knowledge at the community level during the COVID-19 pandemic compared with the pre-pandemic period.
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spelling pubmed-84695172021-09-27 Antibiotics Use and Its Knowledge in the Community: A Mobile Phone Survey during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Bangladesh Akhtar, Zubair Mah-E-Muneer, Syeda Rashid, Md. Mahbubur Ahmed, Md. Shakil Islam, Md. Ariful Chowdhury, Sukanta Khan, Zobaid Hassan, Md. Zakiul Islam, Khaleda Parveen, Shahana Debnath, Nitish Rahman, Mahmudur Chowdhury, Fahmida Antibiotics (Basel) Article The general population has been excessively using antibiotics during the COVID-19 pandemic. Therefore, the use of antibiotics for any reported illnesses in the preceding four weeks and knowledge of antibiotics among the general population in the community were assessed for possible interventions. A mobile phone survey among a general population across eight administrative divisions of Bangladesh was conducted during January–March 2021. Reported illness episodes irrespective of COVID-19 in the preceding four weeks of the interview, use of antibiotics for the illnesses, and knowledge on antibiotics among the general population were recorded. Descriptive analyses were performed. We randomly interviewed 1854 participants, with a mean age of 28.5 years (range: 18–75 years); 60.6% were male. Among all participants, 86.3% (95% CI: 84.7–87.8) heard names of antibiotics, but only 12.1% reported unspecified harmful effects, and 3.5% reported antimicrobial resistance when antibiotics were taken without a physician’s prescription. Among 257 (13.9%) participants, who consumed medicines for their recent illness episode, 32.7% (95% CI: 27.2–38.6) reported using antibiotics. Of those who could recall the names of antibiotics prescribed (n = 36), the most frequently used was azithromycin (22.2%) followed by cefixime (11.1%) and ciprofloxacin (5.6%). Our findings show an increased antibiotic use for illnesses reported in the preceding four weeks and an elevated knowledge at the community level during the COVID-19 pandemic compared with the pre-pandemic period. MDPI 2021-08-29 /pmc/articles/PMC8469517/ /pubmed/34572634 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics10091052 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/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 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Akhtar, Zubair
Mah-E-Muneer, Syeda
Rashid, Md. Mahbubur
Ahmed, Md. Shakil
Islam, Md. Ariful
Chowdhury, Sukanta
Khan, Zobaid
Hassan, Md. Zakiul
Islam, Khaleda
Parveen, Shahana
Debnath, Nitish
Rahman, Mahmudur
Chowdhury, Fahmida
Antibiotics Use and Its Knowledge in the Community: A Mobile Phone Survey during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Bangladesh
title Antibiotics Use and Its Knowledge in the Community: A Mobile Phone Survey during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Bangladesh
title_full Antibiotics Use and Its Knowledge in the Community: A Mobile Phone Survey during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Bangladesh
title_fullStr Antibiotics Use and Its Knowledge in the Community: A Mobile Phone Survey during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Bangladesh
title_full_unstemmed Antibiotics Use and Its Knowledge in the Community: A Mobile Phone Survey during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Bangladesh
title_short Antibiotics Use and Its Knowledge in the Community: A Mobile Phone Survey during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Bangladesh
title_sort antibiotics use and its knowledge in the community: a mobile phone survey during the covid-19 pandemic in bangladesh
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8469517/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34572634
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics10091052
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