Table 3.
Number and percentage of the questions on the attitude of antibiotic use
| Question (correct response) | Total % (n/N) | Whole n (%) | 1st year n (%) | Final year n (%) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MS | NS | χ2 | p | MS | NS | χ2 | p | MS | NS | χ2 | p | ||
| There is abuse on antibiotics at present. (Yes) | 1063 (88.6%) | 548 (91.3%) | 515 (85.8%) | 9 | 0.003 | 329 (89.9%) | 256 (85.3%) | 3.2 | 0.073 | 219 (93.6%) | 259 (86.3%) | 7.4 | 0.007 |
| Antibiotic resistance a problem in UAE (Yes) | 534 (44.5%) | 287 (47.8%) | 247 (41.2%) | 5.4 | 0.020 | 152 (41.5%) | 105 (35%) | 3 | 0.085 | 135 (57.7%) | 142 (47.3%) | 5.6 | 0.017 |
| Abuse of antibiotics the main cause of bacterial resistance (Yes) | 875 (72.9%) | 475 (79.2%) | 400 (66.7%) | 23.7 | 0.000 | 277 (75.7%) | 205 (68.3%) | 4.5 | 0.035 | 198 (84.6%) | 195 (65.0%) | 20 | 0.000 |
| Antibiotic resistance affect you and your family’s health | 824 (68.7%) | 425 (70.8%) | 399 (66.5%) | 2.6 | 0.106 | 247 (67.5%) | 188 (62.7%) | 1.7 | 0.194 | 178 (76.1%) | 211 (70.3%) | 2.2 | 0.139 |
| Necessary to get more information about antibiotics | 1146 (95.5%) | 583 (97.2%) | 563 (93.8%) | 7.7 | 0.005 | 353 (96.4%) | 286 (95.3%) | 0.53 | 0.468 | 230 (98.3%) | 277 (92.3%) | 9.7 | 0.002 |
| Need to establish to establish course “Rational use of antibiotics” at the university level | 1061 (88.4%) | 553 (92.2%) | 508 (84.7%) | 16.5 | 0.000 | 335 (91.5%) | 250 (83.3%) | 10.4 | 0.001 | 218 (93.2%) | 258 (86%) | 7 | 0.008 |
*p < 0.05; #Significance; χ2 = chi square test.; n (%): Frequency (Percentage)