TABLE 3.
Perceptions of pharmacy students regarding antibiotics and various infectious diseases before taking the on-demand lecture
| Question and perception | Response rate (%) |
|
|---|---|---|
| Prelecture | AAS 2018 | |
| Question 1: Effectiveness of antibioticsa | ||
| Common cold | 130 (39.4) | 339 (49.9) |
| Influenza virus | 102 (30.9) | 334 (49.2) |
| Norovirus | 104 (31.5) | 158 (23.3) |
| Cystitis | 139 (42.1) | 181 (26.7) |
| Pneumonia | 197 (59.7) | 175 (25.8) |
| Otitis media | 137 (41.5) | 136 (20.0) |
| Diarrhea | 77 (23.3) | 64 (9.4) |
| Do not know | 5 (1.5) | |
| Others | 16 (4.8) | 25 (3.7) |
| Question 2: Expectation on prescribing for the common cold | ||
| Antitussive | 257 (77.9) | 446 (61.9) |
| Antipyretic | 236 (71.5) | 431 (59.8) |
| The medicine that suppresses runny nose | 227 (68.8) | 382 (53.0) |
| Antibiotics | 52 (15.8) | 217 (30.1) |
| Expectorant | 197 (59.7) | 210 (29.1) |
| Analgesic | 72 (21.8) | 130 (18.0) |
| Troche | 101 (30.6) | 99 (13.7) |
| Gargle | 56 (17.0) | 98 (13.6) |
| Stomach medicine | 20 (6.1) | 69 (9.6) |
| Others | 4 (1.2) | 18 (2.5) |
| Nothing applies | 5 (1.5) | |
a
For Question 1, prelecture n = 330, AAS 2018 n = 679; for Question 2, lecture n = 330; for AAS 2018 (the Antibiotics Awareness Survey 2018 [14]), n = 721.