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Table 4 Perception on Antibiotics Use

From: Impact of targeted educational intervention towards public knowledge and perception of antibiotic use and resistance in the state of Perak, Malaysia

Code

Statements

Pre-intervention [Pre] (N = 234)

Post-intervention

p Value*

 

Immediate [P1] (N = 234)

2 weeks [P2] (N = 234)

Correct responses n (%)

Correct responses n (%)

 

PU1

Individual who take antibiotics should stop their treatment earlier than recommended when symptoms improve

157 (67.1)

214 (91.5)

212 (90.6)

 < 0.001

PU2

Doctors shall always prescribe antibiotics if someone is having fever, sore throat or runny nose

101 (43.2)

196 (83.8)

191 (81.6)

 < 0.001

PU3

Antibiotics should be made available without a doctor’s prescription

188 (80.3)

219 (93.6)

220 (94.0)

 < 0.001

PU4

I am not worried about the impact of antibiotic resistance on my health and my family

155 (66.2)

204 (87.2)

203 (86.8)

 < 0.001

PU5

There is not much that I can do to stop antibiotic resistance

62 (26.5)

156 (66.7)

162 (69.2)

 < 0.001

  1. *Mc Nemar test was performed to analyse the difference between Pre vs P1, P1 vs P2 and Pre vs P2. The p Values for Pre-intervention vs Post-intervention (immediate) and Pre-intervention vs Post-2-weeks-intervention were presented in the table (p < 0.001). p Values for Post-intervention (immediate) vs Post-2-weeks-intervention were insignificant for all questions (p > 0.05)