Table 2.

Consumers’ knowledge of the uses of antibiotics (n = 960)

Variable	n (%)
Do you think it is good to use the same antibiotic if a friend or family member used it to treat the same symptom or disease before?
Yes	406 (42.3)
No	517 (53.8)
I don’t know	37 (3.9)
Do you think it is good to ask/request the same antibiotic if it helped you treat the same symptoms/disease previously?
Yes	515 (53.6)
No	429 (44.7)
I don’t know	16 (1.7)
When do you think you should stop taking antibiotics once you have started treatment?
When I finish the dose as directed	678 (70.6)
When I feel better	251 (26.2)
I don’t know	31 (3.2)
Overall knowledge
Good	196 (20.4)
Poor	764 (79.6)