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. 2012 Nov 23;1:38. doi: 10.1186/2047-2994-1-38

Table 1.

Items of knowledge and beliefs about antibiotic use self administered to respondents of the survey of self medication with antibiotics in Yogyakarta City Indonesia

Questions of knowledge and beliefs
Knowledge:
K1:
Antibiotics must be taken as soon as we have fever
K2:
Antibiotics can treat viral infections
K3:
Antibiotics can treat bacterial infections
K4:
People can be allergic to antibiotics
K5:
When antibiotics are taken for the wrong indication this leads to antibiotic resistance
Beliefs:
B1:
I believe that antibiotics can cure any diseases
B2:
I believe that antibiotics can prevent any illnesses from becoming worse
B3:
I believe that an injury to the skin can be cured quickly by pouring antibiotic powders onto the injury
B4: I believe that antibiotics do not have any side-effects