Table 3.

Agreement with the statements about the effectiveness of antibiotics (median values), Kruskall-Wallis test (H) for median differences and the Mann-Whitney test (U) for group differences

Variable	Dentistry (D)	Medicine (M)	Pharmacy (P)	H(2)	Group Differences (U)
Antibiotics are supposed to kill all bacteria in the body	3.00	2.00	3.00	9.54**	M > P** D > P*
Antibiotics are effective against viruses	2.00	1.00	3.00	14.46***	M > P** D > P**
Antibiotics are effective against bacteria	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.47
Antibiotics are effective against fungi	3.00	3.00	3.00	14.36***	M > P*** M > D**
Antibiotics are effective against parasites	3.00	3.00	3.00	7.93*	M > P* D > P*

Answer alternatives: 1 = strongly disagree to 5 = strongly agree; *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001