Table 1 Medical Interns’ attitudes and perceptions about antimicrobial prescribing and resistance
Variables | Agree/strongly Agree N (%) | P - value |
|---|---|---|
Inappropriate use of antimicrobials causes antimicrobial resistance | 261 (96.6%) | 0.071 |
Strong knowledge of antimicrobials is important in my medical career | 266 (98.5%) | 0.321 |
I would like more education on antimicrobials resistance | 256 (94.8%) | 0.092 |
Appropriate use of antimicrobials will reduce problems with antimicrobial-resistant organisms | 258 (95.5%) | 0.135 |
I would like more education on the appropriate use of antimicrobials | 254 (94.0%) | 0.219 |
Antimicrobials are overused nationally | 245 (90.7%) | 0.319 |
Inappropriate use of antimicrobials can harm patients | 261 (96.6%) | 0.424 |
New antimicrobials will be developed in the future that will keep up with the problem of antibiotics resistance | 82 (30.4%) | 0.021* |
Poor infection-control practices cause spread of antimicrobial resistance | 244 (90.4%) | 0.950 |
Antimicrobials are overused in our hospitals | 197 (72.9%) | 0.032* |
Prescribing broad-spectrum antimicrobials when equally effective, narrower-spectrum antimicrobials are available increases antimicrobial resistance | 258 (95.5%) | 0.670 |
Antimicrobial resistance is a significant problem in our hospitals | 258 (95.5%) | 0.561 |
Antimicrobial resistance is a significant problem nationally | 252 (93.3%) | 0.862 |