Table 3.
Results of the knowledge test (n = 160).
| Domain/Theme | Question |
n (%) of Correct Answers |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theoretical Knowledge | Antimicrobial resistance indicates that bacteria develop the ability to defeat the antibiotics designed to kill them. | 154 (96.3) | |||||
| Patients with common cold symptoms need antibiotic treatment. | 153 (95.6) | ||||||
| Antibiotics cure viral infections. | 155 (96.9) | ||||||
| Combinations of antibiotics can help prevent antimicrobial resistance. | 100 (62.5) | ||||||
| Practical Knowledge | Current AMR in community |
Average proportion of Klebsiella pneumonia resistant to ciprofloxacin in Kathmandu, Nepal (2017–2018). | 8 (5.0) | ||||
| Average proportion of Klebsiella pneumonia resistant to meropenem in Kathmandu, Nepal (2017–2018). | 48 (30.0) | ||||||
| Term familiarity | Question | n (%) of responses | |||||
| Never heard | Heard but not sure |
Heard and can explain | Have used Before |
Use every-day | |||
| Antibiotics Stewardship Program | 100 (62.5) | 35 (21.9) | 12 (7.5) | 8 (5.0) | 5 (3.1) | ||
| Defined Daily Dose | 64 (40.0) | 53 (33.1) | 18 (11.3) | 12 (7.5) | 13 (8.1) | ||
| Days of Therapy | 43 (26.9) | 52 (32.5) | 31 (19.4) | 17 (10.6) | 17 (10.6) | ||
| Antibiogram | 94 (58.8) | 39 (24.4) | 13 (8.1) | 6 (3.8) | 8 (5.0) | ||