Table 5.
Perception of respondents on the role of health professionals in antibiotic use and antibiotic resistance
| Statements | Gender % (n) % = n/N |
Age (Years) % (n) % = n/N |
Educational Level %(n) % = n/N |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male N = 323 |
Female N = 309 |
18–21 N = 125 |
22–25 N = 257 |
> 25 N = 250 |
Low N = 131 |
Middle N = 142 |
High N = 359 |
|
| Doctors always conduct a thorough examination regarding whether a patient is in need of antibiotics or not (agree) | 42 (134) | 49 (152) | 50 (63) | 41 (104) | 48 (119) | 37 (49) | 51 (72) | 46 (165) |
| X2 | 6.364 | 22.346 | 27.750 | |||||
| P | 0.174 | < 0.05 | < 0.05 | |||||
| Doctors prescribe antibiotics when a patient expects it (agree) | 17 (55) | 26 (81) | 30 (38) | 19 (48) | 20 (50) | 24 (31) | 32 (45) | 17 (60) |
| X2 | 10.899 | 26.817 | 35.166 | |||||
| P | < 0.05 | < 0.05 | < 0.05 | |||||
| When antibiotics are prescribed, the doctor takes time to provide information on how they should be used (No) | 38 (123) | 29 (89) | 22 (27) | 31 (79) | 42 (106) | 34 (45) | 25 (36) | 37 (131) |
| X2 | 6.098 | 17.702 | 5.711 | |||||
| P | < 0.05 | < 0.05 | 0.058 | |||||
| Pharmacy staff take their time to inform me on how antibiotics should be used (No) | 30 (97) | 24 (74) | 26 (33) | 31 (79) | 24 (59) | 20 (26) | 20 (28) | 33 (117) |
| X2 | 2.961 | 3.307 | 12.895 | |||||
| P | 0.085 | 0.191 | < 0.05 | |||||