Table 2.

Participants’ responses on antibiotic knowledge, attitudes and antibiotic resistance

Antibiotic knowledge	Response	n=706 n (%)
Have you ever heard of a type of medication called ‘antibiotics’?	Yes	688 (97.5)
	No	18 (2.5)
		n=688 n (%)
Antibiotics can help me recover from bacterial infections.	Agree	574 (83.4)
	Disagree	43 (6.2)
	Not sure	71 (10.3)
Antibiotics can help me recover from viral infections.	Agree	314 (45.6)
	Disagree	266 (38.7)
	Not sure	108 (15.7)
Antibiotics can help me recover from the common cold and influenza.	Agree	228 (33.1)
	Disagree	364 (52.9)
	Not sure	96 (14.0)
Antibiotics can help me recover from serious symptoms of cold and influenza.	Agree	319 (46.4)
	Disagree	256 (37.2)
	Not sure	113 (16.4)
Antibiotics can speed up my recovery from the common cold and influenza.	Agree	250 (36.3)
	Disagree	315 (45.8)
	Not sure	123 (17.9)
Antibiotic attitudes	Response	n=688 n (%)
It is okay to share my antibiotics with family and friends when they are sick with the same symptoms.	Agree	50 (7.3)
	Disagree	595 (86.5)
	Not sure	43 (6.2)
It is okay to share my antibiotics with family and friends when they are sick with different symptoms.	Agree	9 (1.3)
	Disagree	652 (94.8)
	Not sure	27 (9.3)
It is okay to share my antibiotics with my pets when they are sick.	Agree	7 (1.0)
	Disagree	661 (96.1)
	Not sure	20 (2.9)
It is okay to keep left-over antibiotics and use them again when I fall sick in the future.	Agree	39 (5.7)
	Disagree	604 (87.8)
	Not sure	45 (6.5)
It is okay for me to use my left-over antibiotics when I have the same symptoms as before.	Agree	59 (8.6)
	Disagree	590 (85.8)
	Not sure	39 (5.7)
It is important to always finish the course of antibiotics prescribed to me.	Agree	642 (93.3)
	Disagree	28 (4.1)
	Not sure	18 (2.6)
It is okay not to finish the course of antibiotics prescribed to me when I feel better.	Agree	56 (8.4)
	Disagree	592 (86.0)
	Not sure	67 (9.7)
It is okay not to finish the course of antibiotics prescribed to me when I have an alternative remedy.	Agree	58 (8.4)
	Disagree	563 (81.8)
	Not sure	67 (9.7)
It is okay to miss a dose during the course of antibiotics prescribed to me.	Agree	139 (20.2)
	Disagree	433 (62.9)
	Not sure	116 (16.9)
Antibiotic resistance knowledge	Response	n=706 n (%)
Have you ever heard of the abbreviation ‘AMR’?	Yes	78 (11.0)
	No	628 (89.0)
Have you ever heard of the term ‘antibiotic resistance’?	Yes	427 (60.5)
	No	279 (39.5)
		n=427 n (%)
Antibiotic resistance occurs when antibiotics become less powerful so they don’t work as well.	Agree	207 (48.5)
	Disagree	177 (41.4)
	Not sure	43 (10.1)
Antibiotic resistance occurs when your body becomes resistant to the antibiotics and they no longer work as well.	Agree	266 (62.3)
	Disagree	127 (29.7)
	Not sure	34 (8.0)
Antibiotic resistance occurs when bacteria become resistant to the antibiotics so they are more difficult to kill.	Agree	382 (89.5)
	Disagree	18 (4.2)
	Not sure	27 (6.3)
Antibiotic resistance only affects people with serious infections in hospitals.	Agree	31 (7.3)
	Disagree	334 (78.2)
	Not sure	62 (14.5)
Antibiotic resistance affects common infections such as sore throats and urinary tract infections.	Agree	188 (44.0)
	Disagree	100 (23.4)
	Not sure	139 (32.6)
If I use antibiotics appropriately, I don’t have to worry about getting antibiotic-resistant infections.	Agree	190 (44.5)
	Disagree	141 (33.0)
	Not sure	96 (22.5)
How other people use antibiotics doesn’t affect my chance of getting antibiotic-resistant infections.	Agree	157 (36.8)
	Disagree	183 (42.9)
	Not sure	87 (20.4)
How I use antibiotics doesn’t affect other peoples’ chances of getting antibiotic-resistant infections.	Agree	169 (39.6)
	Disagree	176 (41.2)
	Not sure	82 (19.2)

AMR, antimicrobial resistance.