A patient caregiver survey in Indonesia: knowledge and perception of antibiotic use and microbial resistance

Herawati, Fauna and Setiasih, Setiasih and Alhabsyi, Muznah M. and Gunawan, Willyam and Palijama, Debora E. and Diah, Lusiana F. and Adriansyah, Nabila A. and Yulia, Rika and Avanti, Christina (2020) A patient caregiver survey in Indonesia: knowledge and perception of antibiotic use and microbial resistance. Journal of Infection and Public Health, 13 (12). pp. 2087-2091. ISSN 1876-0341

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Abstract

Background A successful antibiotic stewardship program depends not only the knowledge and perceptions of healthcare providers but also patients and caregivers. Accordingly, the caregiver will decide to give the medication for their children. This survey was conducted to observe the caregivers’ knowledge and perceptions of antibiotic use and antibiotic resistance; and their relationship. Methods We developed 14 item questions in a knowledge questionnaire and 30 item questions in a perception questionnaire. The knowledge questionnaire was measured by a Guttman scale, with ‘Yes’ or ‘No’ answers, while the perception questionnaire used a five-point Likert scale. Results The knowledge about antibiotic resistance is low, while the knowledge about antibiotic administration was the highest score. Caregivers’ perceptions and beliefs about antibiotic use and antibiotic resistance were mostly in the neutral category. The association between knowledge and perceptions about antibiotic use and antibiotic resistance in this study was weak. Conclusions The caregivers’ knowledge about antibiotic use was identified to be sufficient, particularly, the antibiotic definition (highest score). The caregivers’ belief about antibiotic use and microbial resistance was neutral (3.5–3.7).

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Caregiver; Knowledge; Perception; Belief; Antibiotic
Subjects:	R Medicine > RS Pharmacy and materia medica
Divisions:	Faculty of Pharmacy > Department of Pharmacy
Depositing User:	Ester Sri W. 196039
Date Deposited:	17 Jun 2019 03:52
Last Modified:	29 Jul 2021 08:53
URI:	http://repository.ubaya.ac.id/id/eprint/34864

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