Table 3.
Community pharmacists’ responses to attitude statements.
| Attitude Items | Strongly Disagree n (%) |
Disagree n (%) |
Neither Agree nor Disagree n (%) |
Agree n (%) |
Strongly Agree n (%) |
Median (IQR) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A1: Antimicrobial resistance is an important public health problem. | 1 (0.3) | 1 (0.3) | 2 (0.5) | 107 (28.8) | 261 (70.2) | 5 (1) |
| A2: The fact that a patient is taking an antibiotic increases the risk of developing resistance | 5 (1.3) | 26 (7.0) | 38 (10.2) | 200 (53.8) | 103 (27.7) | 4 (1) |
| A3: New antimicrobials development can solve antimicrobial resistance problem. | 37 (9.9) | 96 (25.8) | 83 (22.3) | 111 (29.8) | 45 (12.1) | 3 (2) |
| A4: The use of antimicrobials in livestock animals is an important cause of appearance of new resistance to pathogenic agents in humans. | 5 (1.3) | 20 (5.4) | 68 (18.3) | 177 (47.6) | 102 (27.4) | 4 (2) |
| A5: In all cases where antimicrobials are dispensed, it is essential that patients be advised about complying with the treatment | 1 (0.3) | 3 (0.8) | 12 (3.2) | 96 (25.8) | 260 (69.9) | 5 (1) |
| A6: Antimicrobials are sometimes dispensed without medical prescription because the patient is known to have difficulty in obtaining a medical consultation. | 12 (3.2) | 40 (10.8) | 91 (24.5) | 179 (48.1) | 50 (13.4) | 4 (1) |
| A7: Antimicrobials are sometimes prescribed without medical prescription because the patient is known to have neither the time nor the money to see a physician. | 14 (3.8) | 51 (13.7) | 97 (26.1) | 171 (46.0) | 39 (10.5) | 4 (1) |
| A8: Dispensing antimicrobials without prescription is serious issue. | 31 (8.3) | 85 (22.8) | 88 (23.7) | 113 (30.4) | 55 (14.8) | 4 (1) |