Dompok, Adellie (2020) Assessment of pet owners’ knowledge, attitude and perception towards antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and compliance to antibiotic prescription completion for their pets in west coast division of Sabah, Malaysia. [Project Paper] (Submitted)
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Abstract
Previously, antimicrobial use (AMU) was mostly focused on food producing animals. However, AMU in companion animals has been recently scrutinised due to the emergence of Antimicrobial Resistant (AMR) pathogens in bacterial isolates. In companion animal health care, it is important to acknowledge pet owner’s compliance when prescribing treatment, as they are often responsible for administration of the medications that the veterinarian has prescribed. To date, there is no study conducted on Malaysian pet owners regarding their current understanding towards antibiotic usage and the occurrence of AMR in companion animals. This study aims to investigate pet owners’ Knowledge, Attitude and Perception (KAP) towards AMR and compliance to antibiotic prescription completion for their pets. An online questionnaire was distributed to 210 pet owners in the West Coast Division of Sabah via social media over a period of 3 weeks. The pet owners are required to own either a dog, a cat or both, have no background in veterinary medicine and have visited any veterinary clinics in the West Coast Division of Sabah within the last 12 months. Descriptive statistics were computed and data was presented as frequencies and percentages. The KAP sections were further subjected to reliability testing and scoring. Inferential statistics was used to compare the median total score of KAP to selected demographic profile. Despite that the pet owners having moderate knowledge (65%), excellent attitude (100%) and good perception (86%) towards antibiotic usage for their pets, it was discouraging to note that 62% claimed that they were not aware of the occurrence of AMR in pets. Majority of the respondents (96%) wished that their veterinarian had provided more detailed information on AMR before prescribing antibiotics for their pets. In conclusion, veterinarian-pet owner interactions should be ameliorated in order to augment antimicrobial stewardship and hence, reduce the occurrence of AMR.
| Item Type: | Project Paper |
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| Faculty: | Faculty of Veterinary Medicine |
| Depositing User: | Ms. Nordeena Abdul Aziz |
| Date Deposited: | 27 Nov 2023 07:29 |
| Last Modified: | 27 Nov 2023 07:29 |
| URI: | http://psaspb.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/1506 |
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