Table 2.
Identification of pharmaceutical agents or medicines as antibiotics among dentistry (n = 159), medicine (n = 54), and pharmacy (n = 101) students: proportion of answers (%) and chi-square test statistics for distributions
| Agent | Dentistry | Medicine | Pharmacy | Chi square | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes (%) | No (%) | Don’t know (%) | Yes (%) | No (%) | Don’t know (%) | Yes (%) | No (%) | Don’t know (%) | ||
| Amoxicillina | 30.4 | 35.4 | 34.2 | 64.8 | 14.8 | 20.4 | 35.0 | 27.0 | 38.0 | 22.47*** |
| Aspirin | 28.3 | 57.2 | 14.5 | 14.8 | 68.5 | 16.7 | 43.0 | 43.0 | 14.0 | 14.43** |
| Favipiravir | 6.9 | 50.3 | 42.8 | 20.4 | 42.6 | 37.0 | 15.8 | 37.6 | 46.5 | 10.78* |
| Fluconazole | 3.8 | 48.4 | 47.8 | 9.3 | 38.9 | 51.9 | 6.0 | 45.0 | 49.0 | 3.28 |
| Hydroxychloroquine | 10.1 | 47.2 | 42.8 | 22.6 | 34.0 | 43.4 | 12.9 | 39.6 | 47.5 | 7.06 |
| Ibuprofen | 18.2 | 49.7 | 32.1 | 25.9 | 50.0 | 24.1 | 34.7 | 36.6 | 28.7 | 10.24* |
| Penicillina | 42.1 | 42.8 | 15.1 | 64.8 | 20.4 | 14.8 | 52.5 | 27.7 | 19.8 | 13.14* |
| Remdesivir | 2.5 | 49.1 | 48.4 | 5.6 | 46.3 | 48.1 | 7.9 | 44.6 | 47.5 | 4.15 |
| Tetracyclinea | 28.7 | 35.7 | 35.7 | 53.7 | 18.5 | 27.8 | 28.3 | 28.3 | 43.4 | 15.13** |
df = 4; *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001; aAntibiotic agent (“yes” as correct answer”)