TABLE 4.
Knowledge of pharmacy students regarding prescribed and nonprescribed antibiotics before taking the on-demand lecture
| Knowledge area | Response rate (%) |
|
|---|---|---|
| Prelecture (n = 330) | AAS 2018a (n = 679) | |
| Taking the full dose of antibiotics (Question 3) | ||
| Take the full dose as prescribed | 230 (69.7) | 356 (52.4) |
| Stop taking when condition is healed | 69 (20.9) | 231 (34.0) |
| Forget to take full course | 13 (3.9) | 39 (5.7) |
| Do not take them as much as possible from the beginning | 13 (3.9) | 53 (7.8) |
| Unanswered | 5 (1.5) | |
| Making do with leftover antibiotics (Question 4) | ||
| Keep for later use | 100 (30.3) | 201 (29.6) |
| Take when falling ill | 44 (13.3) | 147 (21.6) |
| Give to others | 3 (0.9) | 18 (2.7) |
| Throw away | 134 (40.6) | 303 (44.6) |
| Consult pharmacy and throw away | 15 (4.5) | 36 (5.7) |
| Other | 29 (8.8) | |
| Taking antibiotics prescribed for your family or others (Question 5) | ||
| Yes | 57 (17.3) | 144 (21.1) |
| No | 269 (81.5) | 535 (78.8) |
| Unanswered | 4 (1.2) | 4 (1.2) |
| Think about taking antibiotics prescribed for your family or others (Question 6) | ||
| Try not to take them | 259 (78.5) | 403 (59.4) |
| Worried because I have not seen doctor, but take them | 34 (10.3) | 115 (16.9) |
| Convenient because I do not have to go to clinic | 9 (2.7) | 67 (9.9) |
| No problem if symptoms are same as before | 16 (4.8) | 121 (17.8) |
| Others | 7 (2.1) | 9 (1.3) |
| Unanswered | 5 (1.5) | |
| Knowledge of AMR (Question 7) | ||
| I know | 282 (85.5) | |
| I have heard of it but do not have good knowledge | 44 (13.3) | |
| I do not know | 1 (0.3) | |
| Unanswered | 3 (0.9) | |
a
AAS 2018 is the Antibiotics Awareness Survey 2018 (14).