Serbian students’ knowledge, attitudes and behaviour towards antibiotic use: is there room for improvement?
Objectives This study has been aimed at evaluating knowledge, attitudes and behaviour of university students regarding the usage of antibiotics focusing on differences between medical and nonmedical students. Methods This cross-sectional questionnaire-based study was performed on 800 students of the...
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| description | Objectives
This study has been aimed at evaluating knowledge, attitudes and behaviour of university students regarding the usage of antibiotics focusing on differences between medical and nonmedical students.
Methods
This cross-sectional questionnaire-based study was performed on 800 students of the University of Novi Sad, Serbia.
Results
The identified predictors of adequate antibiotic knowledge were enrolled in medical program, higher grade average and appropriate use of antibiotics during last infection. Multivariate regression identified following predictors of self-medication: being medical student (
B
= 0.715;
p
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This study has been aimed at evaluating knowledge, attitudes and behaviour of university students regarding the usage of antibiotics focusing on differences between medical and nonmedical students.
Methods
This cross-sectional questionnaire-based study was performed on 800 students of the University of Novi Sad, Serbia.
Results
The identified predictors of adequate antibiotic knowledge were enrolled in medical program, higher grade average and appropriate use of antibiotics during last infection. Multivariate regression identified following predictors of self-medication: being medical student (
B
= 0.715;
p
< 0.001), more frequent (
B
= 0.628;
p
< 0.001) and irregular (
B
= 0.584;
p
= 0.001) antibiotic use, a family member engaged in medical profession (
B
= 0.789;
p
< 0.001), living in dormitory (
B
= 0.679;
p
= 0.007) or rented apartment (
B
= 0.621;
p
= 0.002), using antibiotics until symptoms resolved (
B
= 1.616;
p
< 0.001) or until the bottle was finished (
B
= 0.628;
p
< 0.001) during the last infection.
Conclusions
Although a high number of students showed adequate knowledge about antibiotics, numerous misconceptions were recorded, including self-medication. Further educational interventions are necessary to improve their understanding, perceptions as well as their behaviour towards antibiotic use.</description><identifier>ISSN: 1661-8556</identifier><identifier>EISSN: 1661-8564</identifier><identifier>DOI: 10.1007/s00038-020-01448-6</identifier><identifier>PMID: 32737562</identifier><language>eng</language><publisher>Cham: Springer International Publishing</publisher><subject>Adult ; Anti-Bacterial Agents - therapeutic use ; Antibiotics ; Bacterial Infections - drug therapy ; Cross-Sectional Studies ; Environmental Health ; Female ; Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice ; Humans ; Male ; Medication Adherence - psychology ; Medication Adherence - statistics & numerical data ; Medicine ; Medicine & Public Health ; Occupational Medicine/Industrial Medicine ; Original Article ; Public Health ; Self Medication - psychology ; Self Medication - statistics & numerical data ; Self-medication ; Serbia ; Students ; Students - psychology ; Students - statistics & numerical data ; Students, Medical - psychology ; Students, Medical - statistics & numerical data ; Surveys and Questionnaires ; Universities ; Young Adult</subject><ispartof>International journal of public health, 2020-11, Vol.65 (8), p.1257-1267</ispartof><rights>Swiss School of Public Health (SSPH+) 2020</rights><rights>Swiss School of Public Health (SSPH+) 2020.</rights><lds50>peer_reviewed</lds50><woscitedreferencessubscribed>false</woscitedreferencessubscribed><citedby>FETCH-LOGICAL-c375t-870cf7ed02d86db14844bd98f55ebe61e176a8eb37d7b2bff741de0b7ba353d03</citedby><cites>FETCH-LOGICAL-c375t-870cf7ed02d86db14844bd98f55ebe61e176a8eb37d7b2bff741de0b7ba353d03</cites><orcidid>0000-0002-0133-872X</orcidid></display><links><openurl>$$Topenurl_article</openurl><openurlfulltext>$$Topenurlfull_article</openurlfulltext><thumbnail>$$Tsyndetics_thumb_exl</thumbnail><linktopdf>$$Uhttps://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s00038-020-01448-6$$EPDF$$P50$$Gspringer$$H</linktopdf><linktohtml>$$Uhttps://link.springer.com/10.1007/s00038-020-01448-6$$EHTML$$P50$$Gspringer$$H</linktohtml><link.rule.ids>314,776,780,27903,27904,41467,42536,51297</link.rule.ids><backlink>$$Uhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32737562$$D View this record in MEDLINE/PubMed$$Hfree_for_read</backlink></links><search><creatorcontrib>Horvat, Olga</creatorcontrib><creatorcontrib>Tomas, Ana</creatorcontrib><creatorcontrib>Paut Kusturica, Milica</creatorcontrib><creatorcontrib>Bukumiric, Dragica</creatorcontrib><creatorcontrib>Blagojevic, Bojan</creatorcontrib><creatorcontrib>Kovacevic, Zorana</creatorcontrib><title>Serbian students’ knowledge, attitudes and behaviour towards antibiotic use: is there room for improvement?</title><title>International journal of public health</title><addtitle>Int J Public Health</addtitle><addtitle>Int J Public Health</addtitle><description>Objectives
This study has been aimed at evaluating knowledge, attitudes and behaviour of university students regarding the usage of antibiotics focusing on differences between medical and nonmedical students.
Methods
This cross-sectional questionnaire-based study was performed on 800 students of the University of Novi Sad, Serbia.
Results
The identified predictors of adequate antibiotic knowledge were enrolled in medical program, higher grade average and appropriate use of antibiotics during last infection. Multivariate regression identified following predictors of self-medication: being medical student (
B
= 0.715;
p
< 0.001), more frequent (
B
= 0.628;
p
< 0.001) and irregular (
B
= 0.584;
p
= 0.001) antibiotic use, a family member engaged in medical profession (
B
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p
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B
= 0.679;
p
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B
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B
= 1.616;
p
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B
= 0.628;
p
< 0.001) during the last infection.
Conclusions
Although a high number of students showed adequate knowledge about antibiotics, numerous misconceptions were recorded, including self-medication. 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This study has been aimed at evaluating knowledge, attitudes and behaviour of university students regarding the usage of antibiotics focusing on differences between medical and nonmedical students.
Methods
This cross-sectional questionnaire-based study was performed on 800 students of the University of Novi Sad, Serbia.
Results
The identified predictors of adequate antibiotic knowledge were enrolled in medical program, higher grade average and appropriate use of antibiotics during last infection. Multivariate regression identified following predictors of self-medication: being medical student (
B
= 0.715;
p
< 0.001), more frequent (
B
= 0.628;
p
< 0.001) and irregular (
B
= 0.584;
p
= 0.001) antibiotic use, a family member engaged in medical profession (
B
= 0.789;
p
< 0.001), living in dormitory (
B
= 0.679;
p
= 0.007) or rented apartment (
B
= 0.621;
p
= 0.002), using antibiotics until symptoms resolved (
B
= 1.616;
p
< 0.001) or until the bottle was finished (
B
= 0.628;
p
< 0.001) during the last infection.
Conclusions
Although a high number of students showed adequate knowledge about antibiotics, numerous misconceptions were recorded, including self-medication. Further educational interventions are necessary to improve their understanding, perceptions as well as their behaviour towards antibiotic use.</abstract><cop>Cham</cop><pub>Springer International Publishing</pub><pmid>32737562</pmid><doi>10.1007/s00038-020-01448-6</doi><tpages>11</tpages><orcidid>https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0133-872X</orcidid></addata></record> |
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