Table 5. Impact of the EAAD campaigns on perception and behavior (Waves 1–5).
| Management | Wave 1 October 2009% | Wave 2 December 2009% (change) | Wave 2 vs.1 sig.* | Wave 3 October 2010% (change) | Wave 3 vs.1 sig. | Wave 4 December 2010% (change) | Wave 4 vs.1 sig. | Wave 5 December 2011% (change) | Wave 5 vs.1 sig. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The reason for last taking antibiotic: | |||||||||
| Cold | 30 | 33 (↑3) | 0.35 | 38 (↑8) | 0.021 | 28 (↓2) | 0.654 | 21 (↓9) | 0.008 |
| Sore throat | 24 | 25 (↑1) | 0.721 | 29 (↑5) | 0.112 | 27 (↑3) | 0.307 | 12 (↓12) | <0.001 |
| Flu | 16 | 18 (↑2) | 0.465 | 18 (↑2) | 0.658 | 14 (↓2) | 0.341 | 13 (↓3) | 0.124 |
| Expected a prescription of antibiotic because of: | |||||||||
| Cold | 19 | 18 (↓1) | 0.801 | 22 (↑3) | 0.06 | 20 (↑1) | 0.569 | 15 (↓4) | 0.019 |
| Flu | 43 | 41 (↓2) | 0.345 | 46 (↑3) | 0.143 | 41 (↓2) | 0.319 | 32 (↓11) | <0.001 |
| Taking the full dose of antibiotic prescribed | 75 | 80 (↑5) | 0.074 | 79 (↑4) | 0.255 | 78 (↑3) | 0.511 | 81 (↑6) | 0.063 |
| Change in behavior after receiving EAAD campaigns information (YES): | 38 | 39 (↑1) | 0.662 | 52 (↑14) | 0.002 | 47 (↑9) | 0.014 | 48 (↑10) | 0.012 |
| I have limited the use of antibiotics | 27 | 43 (↑16) | 0.011 | 38 (↑11) | 0.073 | 42 (↑15) | 0.012 | 43 (↑16) | 0.009 |
| I have become more cautious regarding the use of antibiotics | 4 | 24 (↑20) | <0.001 | 19 (↑15) | <0.001 | 20 (↑16) | <0.001 | 16 (↑12) | 0.001 |
* sig.–statistically significant (in bold), significance obtained using Chi2-test