Table 3.
Students’ attitude and public education on usage of antibiotics
| Question (agree) | Total % (n/N) |
Whole % (n/N) |
1st year % (n/N) |
Final year % (n/N) |
|||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MS | NS | χ 2 | p | MS | NS | χ 2 | p | MS | NS | χ 2 | p | ||
| There is abuse on antibiotics at present. (agree) |
86.1 (1739/2019) |
90.1 (1069/1187) |
80.5 (670/832) |
37.19 |
<0.0001*# |
87.2 (225/258) |
76.4 (107/140) |
7.63 |
0.0058* |
91.7 (200/218) |
77.9 (123/158) |
14.61 |
<0.0001* |
| Antibiotics resistance has become a problem in China. (agree) |
74.6 (1534/2056) |
82.8 (1004/1212) |
62.8 (530/844) |
105.50 |
<0.0001*# |
67.2 (176/262) |
52.5 (74/141) |
8.40 |
0.0037* |
82.6 (199/241) |
64.8 (107/165) |
16.57 |
<0.0001* |
| Abuse of antibiotics has become the main cause leading to bacterial resistance. (agree) |
74.5 (1533/2059) |
83.9 (1010/1212) |
61.8 (523/847) |
122.14 |
<0.0001*# |
72.9 (191/262) |
65.0 (91/140) |
2.72 |
0.0991 |
81.4 (188/231) |
55.0 (89/162) |
32.01 |
<0.0001* |
| Antibiotic resistance affects you and your family’s health. (agree) |
76.6 (1578/2059) |
81.9 (993/1213) |
69.2 (585/846) |
45.00 |
<0.0001*# |
69.7 (182/261) |
70.7 (99/140) |
0.04 |
0.8377 |
84.4 (195/231) |
63.0 (102/162) |
23.74 |
<0.0001* |
| Necessary to get more education about antibiotics. (agree) |
85.1 (1751/2058) |
89.2 (1082/1213) |
79.2 (669/845) |
39.47 |
<0.0001*# |
89.3 (234/262) |
80.0 (112/140) |
6.60 |
0.0102* |
87.0 (201/231) |
79.5 (128/161) |
3.97 |
0.0464* |
| Need to establish course on ‘rational use of antibiotics’ at university. (agree) |
67.3 (1388/2062) |
74.2 (901/1214) |
57.4 (487/848) |
63.95 |
<0.0001*# |
61.1 (160/262) |
61.0 (86/141) |
0.00 |
0.9881 |
74.5 (172/231) |
56.4 (92/163) |
14.03 |
0.0002* |
| Necessary to carry out large-scale ‘antibiotics campaign’ promotion. (agree) | 78.8 (1623/2061) | 82.0 (995/1214) | 74.1 (628/847) | 18.21 | <0.0001*# | 77.5 (203/262) | 74.5 (105/141) | 0.46 | 0.4968 | 82.3 (190/231) | 75.3 (122/162) | 2.80 | 0.094 |
*p <0.05; #Significance after multiple test correction.