Table 2.
Students’ knowledge on antibiotic use
| Question (correct response) | Total % (n/N) |
Whole % (n/N) |
1st year % (n/N) |
Final year % (n/N) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MS | NS | χ 2 | p | MS | NS | χ 2 | p | MS | NS | χ 2 | p | ||
| Can antibiotics cure bacterial infections? (yes) |
88.4 (1818/2057) |
92.9 (1130/1216) |
81.8 (688/841) |
59.87 |
<0.0001*# |
88.2 (231/262) |
85.7 (120/140) |
0.50 |
0.4813 |
93.5 (215/230) |
79.6 (129/162) |
16.96 |
<0.0001* |
| Can antibiotic cure viral infections? (no) |
55.9 (1146/2050) |
64.5 (782/1212) |
43.4 (364/838) |
89.35 |
<0.0001*# |
49.7 (130/262) |
48.2 (67/139) |
0.07 |
0.7871 |
69.1 (159/230) |
39.1 (63/161) |
34.73 |
<0.0001* |
| Do you think the use of antibiotics will speed up the recovery of cold, cough? (no) |
25.7 (531/2064) |
27.4 (333/1214) |
23.3 (198/850) |
4.48 |
0.0344* |
23.1 (60/260) |
19.2 (27/141) |
0.83 |
0.3622 |
31.0 (72/232) |
20.7 (34/164) |
5.20 |
0.0226* |
| Have you heard of antibiotics resistance? (yes) |
91.4 (1873/2050) |
94.7 (1146/1210) |
86.6 (727/840) |
41.88 |
<0.0001*# |
89.7 (235/262) |
93.6 (132/141) |
1.73 |
0.1879 |
89.2 (215/241) |
78.2 (129/165) |
9.21 |
0.0024* |
| Do you think frequent use of antibiotics will decrease efficacy of treatment when using the antibiotic again? (yes) |
84.9 (1744/2055) |
87.9 (1063/1210) |
80.6 (681/845) |
20.42 |
<0.0001*# |
85.8 (223/260) |
83.7 (118/141) |
0.31 |
0.5769 |
85.2 (196/230) |
76.4 (123/161) |
4.90 |
0.0268* |
| Is the efficacy better if the antibiotics are newer and more costly ? (no) | 77.7 (1606/2066) | 81.5 (993/1219) | 72.4 (613/847) | 23.84 | <0.0001*# | 72.5 (190/262) | 72.9 (102/140) | 0.01 | 0.9423 | 79.3 (184/232) | 70.7 (116/164) | 3.85 | 0.0497* |
*p <0.05; #Significance after multiple test correction.