Table 2. Knowledge on antibiotic use.
| Questions | n | % |
|---|---|---|
| A. Reason to use antibiotic | ||
| To decrease pain (T/F) | 100/400 | 20.0 |
| To decrease fever(T/F) | 103/397 | 20.6 |
| To overcome malaise and fatigue(T/F) | 23/477 | 4.6 |
| For common cold(T/F) | 292/208 | 58.4 |
| B. Antibiotics could be started | ||
| With an antibiotic found at home in order not to waste time (T/F) | 84/416 | 16.8 |
| With prescription (T/F) | 491/9 | 98.2 |
| Recommended by a pharmacist (T/F) | 227/273 | 45.4 |
| C. An antibiotic is used | ||
| Until the symptoms disappear (T/F) | 217/283 | 43.4 |
| Until the bottle finishes (T/F) | 260/240 | 52.0 |
| As advised by the doctor (T/F) | 483/17 | 96.6 |
| D. When an antibiotic is to be used twice a day, it should be used after getting up in the morning and before going to bed at night (T/F) | 254/264 | 50.8 |
| E. Do you think frequent and inappropriate antibiotic use has any danger (T/F) | 480/20 | 96.0 |
T/F: true/false and percentages denote those who said “True”.