Table 5.
Perceptions of the importance of potential contributors to antibiotic resistance (n=142)
| Statements | Number of respondent, n (%)
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Very important | Moderately important | Slightly important | Not important | |
| Too many antibiotic prescriptions | 78 (54.9) | 47 (33.1) | 14 (9.9) | 3 (2.1) |
| Too many broad spectrum antibiotics used | 71 (50.0) | 51 (35.9) | 16 (11.3) | 4 (2.8) |
| Too long durations of antibiotic treatmenta | 43 (30.3) | 59 (41.5) | 30 (21.1) | 9 (6.3) |
| Dosing of antibiotics are too low | 29 (20.4) | 51 (35.9) | 50 (35.2) | 12 (8.5) |
| Excessive use of antibiotics in livestock | 61 (43.0) | 45 (31.7) | 28 (19.7) | 8 (5.6) |
| Poor hand hygiene | 31 (21.8) | 38 (26.8) | 37 (26.1) | 36 (25.4) |
| Not removing the focus of infection (eg, medical devices or catheters) | 53 (37.3) | 58 (40.8) | 24 (16.9) | 7 (4.9) |
| Paying too much attention to pharmaceutical representatives/advertisingb | 31 (21.8) | 53 (37.3) | 35 (24.6) | 21 (14.8) |
Notes: The highest frequency is bold.
a
1 missing data;
b
2 missing data.