Table 3.
Association between antibiotic resistance themes and antibiotic use behaviors.
| Antibiotic Resistance Themes a | Shared (Received/Provided) n (%) b | Obtained (Self or Other) n (%) c | Asked Doctor for Antibiotics n (%) d | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes (n = 113) | No (n = 520) | Yes (n = 151) | No (n = 483) | Yes (n = 301) | No (n = 333) | |||||||
| Ineffective antibiotics | 19 | (17%) | 42 | (8%) | 17 | (11%) | 44 | (9%) | 32 | (11%) | 29 | (9%) |
| Bacteria adapts/mutates | 37 | (33%) | 185 | (35%) | 61 | (40%) | 161 | (33%) | 90 | (30%) | 133 | (40%) |
| Misuse or overuse of antibiotics | 19 | (17%) | 122 | (23%) | 32 | (21%) | 110 | (23%) | 76 | (25%) | 65 | (19%) |
| Resistant bacteria no elaboration | 23 | (20%) | 118 | (23%) | 31 | (21%) | 110 | (23%) | 61 | (20%) | 80 | (24%) |
| Person/Body immunity to antibiotics | 12 | (10.5%) | 34 | (7%) | 6 | (4%) | 40 | (8%) | 32 | (11%) | 14 | (4%) |
| Incorrect w/no consistent theme | 3 | (2.5) | 19 | (4%) | 4 | (3%) | 18 | (4%) | 10 | (3%) | 12 | (4%) |
a 22 respondent answers were not included because they either skipped the question or did not define resistance; Statistical significance determined by chi square test; b p = 0.03; c p = 0.32; d p ≤ 0.01.