Table 4. Attitudes about antibiotics and expected prescription of an antibiotic (socio-demographic profile).
Characteristics | Wave 5 (n) | Current use of antibiotics should be restricted in order to keep them effective in the future (%) | Antibiotics should be prescribed and taken “just in case”, with the hope that other equally effective drugs will be developed (%) | Adjusted ORs (95% CI) | sig.* | Waves 1–5 (n) | Expected prescription of antibiotic for flu (%) | Adjusted ORs (95% CI) | Sig. | Expected prescription of antibiotic for cold (%) | Adjusted ORs (95% CI) | sig. |
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Total | 1001 | 82 | 15 | 5004 | 41 | 19 | ||||||
Sex | ||||||||||||
Male | 431 | 79 | 18 | 1 | - | 2243 | 47 | 1 | - | 21 | 1 | - |
Female | 570 | 84 | 14 | 1.45 (1.01–2.09) | 0.044 | 2761 | 36 | 1.54 (1.36–1.74) | <0.001 | 17 | 1.42 (1.23-1-66) | <0.001 |
Age groups | ||||||||||||
18–24 | 85 | 75 | 24 | 1 | - | 513 | 69 | 1 | - | 17 | 1 | - |
25–34 | 157 | 89 | 10 | 0.33 (0.14–0.83) | 0.018 | 887 | 50 | 0.54 (0.41–0.73) | <0.001 | 16 | 1.35 (0.92–1.97) | 0.123 |
35–44 | 158 | 86 | 13 | 0.45 (0.19–1.08) | 0.074 | 812 | 35 | 0.26 (0.19–0.36) | <0.001 | 16 | 1.17 (0.79–1.73) | 0.431 |
45–59 | 298 | 79 | 19 | 0.63 (0.28–1.41) | 0.260 | 1508 | 37 | 0.28 (0.21–0.38) | <0.001 | 20 | 1.35 (0.93–1.96) | 0.110 |
≥60 | 303 | 82 | 14 | 0.30 (0.12–0.72) | 0.007 | 1284 | 31 | 0.23 (0.16–0.31) | <0.001 | 21 | 1.5 (1.01–2.25) | 0.047 |
Education | ||||||||||||
University education | 301 | 85 | 14 | 1 | - | 1442 | 34 | 1 | - | 11 | 1 | - |
Primary education | 95 | 66 | 25 | 1.96 (1.07–3.62) | 0.031 | 400 | 49 | 2.2 (1.72–2.81) | <0.001 | 32 | 3.45 (2.61–4.56) | <0.001 |
Trade school | 186 | 82 | 16 | 0.94 (0.55–1.61) | 0.826 | 960 | 47 | 1.89 (1.58–2.26) | <0.001 | 26 | 2.58 (2.06–3.24) | <0.001 |
Secondary education | 419 | 84 | 14 | 0.84 (0.53–1.31) | 0.434 | 2195 | 41 | 1.38 (1.19–1.59) | <0.001 | 18 | 1.65 (1.35–2.02) | <0.001 |
Employment | ||||||||||||
Employed | 478 | 85 | 14 | 1 | - | 2402 | 41 | 1 | - | 16 | 1 | - |
Unemployed | 90 | 84 | 11 | 0.68 (0.32–1.45) | 0.316 | 473 | 46 | 1.06 (0.85–1.31) | 0.611 | 24 | 1.37 (1.07–1.77) | 0.014 |
Pupils and students | 57 | 77 | 21 | 0.90 (0.34–2.37) | 0.833 | 368 | 67 | 1.15 (0.83–1.58) | 0.403 | 17 | 1.2 (0.8–1.82) | 0.380 |
Retired | 376 | 79 | 18 | 1.78 (1.09–2.91) | 0.021 | 1761 | 33 | 0.92 (0.77–1.09) | 0.346 | 21 | 1.11 (0.9–1.38) | 0.319 |
*sig.–statistically significant (in bold)