Table 3.

General knowledge about antibiotics.

				Proportion of Participants (%)
Sr No	Indicator (n = 50)		Strongly Agree	Agree	Not Sure	Disagree	Strongly Disagree
1	Antibiotics are used in the management of all infections	Before	22	18	0	26	34
		After	5	7	0	25	63
2	Antibiotic use should be strictly controlled	Before	84	12	0	0	2
		After	83	12	0	0	5
3	Treatment with antibiotics should be stopped once you feel better, especially the expensive ones	Before	2	0	2	24	72
		After	13	0	0	18	70
4	It is okay to use antibiotics that were given to a friend or family member, as long as they were used to treat the same illness	Before	0	0	0	10	90
		After	5	0	0	13	83
5	It is okay to buy the same antibiotics, or request these from a doctor, if you are sick and they helped you get better when you had the same symptoms before	Before	0	0	4	21	74
		After	5	0	0	18	77
6	Frequent use of antibiotics may decrease the efficacy of treatment	Before	56	26	4	6	6
		After	58	23	3	3	15
7	Poor counselling of patients can lead to antibiotic misuse	Before	80	20	0	0	0
		After	90	10	0	0	0
8	Poor skills and knowledge of prescribers can cause irrational antibiotic prescribing	Before	72	26	0	0	2
		After	90	10	0	0	0
9	Patient self-medication can increase AMR	Before	74	24	2	0	0
		After	85	15	0	0	0
10	Inadequate supervision of the administration of medicine	Before	60	36	4	0	0
		After	77	23	0	0	0
11	It is possible for the antibiotics we are using today to stop working properly in the future	Before	58	30	2	4	6
		After	75	23	3	0	0