Table 2.
Level of knowledge on antibiotics and antibiotic resistance among the Dutch public.
| Statements | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (1) Antibiotics kill viruses. (False) | |||||||||
| (2) Antibiotics are effective against the cold and flu. (False) | |||||||||
| (3) Unnecessary, too much or wrong use of antibiotics makes them ineffective. (True) | |||||||||
| (4) Using antibiotics often lead to side effects such as diarrhoea. (True) | |||||||||
| (5) A person can become resistant to antibiotics due to the wrong use of antibiotics. (False) | |||||||||
| (6) Antibiotic resistance is transmissible from one human to another. (True) | |||||||||
| (7) Reusing leftovers from a previous antibiotic course does not form a risk for antibiotic resistance. (False) | |||||||||
| (8) You can carry antibiotic-resistant bacteria without getting sick. (True) | |||||||||
| (9) Antibiotic resistance implies that antibiotics lose their efficiency to cure bacterial infections. (True) | |||||||||
| (10) Antibiotic resistance is a problem that only occurs within hospitals. (False) | |||||||||
| Results | |||||||||
| Statement | Whole sample (N = 1780) |
Clusters |
Gender |
Educational level |
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| Trusting (N = 675) |
Apathetic (N = 610) |
Worried (N = 494) |
Men (N = 898) |
Women (N = 882) |
Lower (N = 561) |
Middle (N = 784) |
Higher (N = 435) |
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| Correct | Correct | Correct | Correct | Correct | Correct | Correct | Correct | Correct | |
| (1) | 49.3 | 60.7 | 37.9 | 47.8 | 45.8 | 68.7 | 33.2 | 52.2 | 64.8 |
| (2) | 75.2 | 80.1 | 69.3 | 75.5 | 68.7 | 81.7 | 68.8 | 76.5 | 80.9 |
| (3) | 95.1 | 97.2 | 92.1 | 96 | 94.5 | 95.7 | 92.2 | 96.2 | 97 |
| (4) | 52 | 50.4 | 49.5 | 57.3 | 44.1 | 60 | 48.5 | 55 | 51 |
| (5) | 7.1 | 9.2 | 4.9 | 6.9 | 8 | 6.1 | 4.5 | 6.5 | 11.5 |
| (6) | 12.6 | 14.5 | 11.6 | 11.1 | 14.6 | 10.5 | 9.4 | 12 | 17.7 |
| (7) | 64.8 | 73.2 | 54.6 | 65.8 | 63.3 | 66.3 | 56.3 | 65.2 | 74.9 |
| (8) | 80.2 | 86.7 | 72.8 | 80.4 | 81.7 | 78.6 | 70.9 | 82.5 | 87.8 |
| (9) | 83.4 | 88.1 | 76.9 | 84.8 | 83.4 | 83.3 | 76.3 | 84.4 | 90.6 |
| (10) | 87.1 | 93.5 | 79.2 | 88.3 | 86.5 | 87.8 | 79 | 88.6 | 94.9 |
Correct answer category is given after the statement (false/true). Scores are in percentages.