Association between socio demographic factors with knowledge and attitude level towards antibiotic usage among UPM medical students in 2013

Abd Rahim, Farah Salwani and Chandirasekaran, Debashini and Rusli, Nordiana (2013) Association between socio demographic factors with knowledge and attitude level towards antibiotic usage among UPM medical students in 2013. [Project Paper] (Submitted)

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Abstract

Background: Medical students' knowledge and attitude towards antibiotic usage play an important role in the field of medicine as they are the future doctors. This study aimed to determine the current knowledge and attitude level of UPM medical students on the usage of antibiotics, which could serve as a baseline data and provide further insight planning for our university's curriculum programmes in relation to antibiotics. Objective: To determine the knowledge level and attitude level among medical students of UPM on antibiotic usage and its association with their socio-demographic characteristic. Method: A cross sectional study with stratified sampling method using questionnaires involving pre-clinical year students and clinical year students was conducted. The data was analyzed using SPSS version 21.0. Results: Nearly 54.23% of the respondents have good knowledge level, including on antibiotic resistance (69.15%), and side effects of antibiotic (70.65%), while only 52.24% students have good attitude level towards antibiotic usage. Age(p=O.OOl) and medical educational level(p=0.006) were statistically associated with antibiotic knowledge. Meanwhile, race (p=0.042), age (0.030) and medical educational level (0.001) were statistically associated with attitude level. Besides, clinical year students have good knowledge and attitude level on antibiotic usage compare to pre-clinical year students. Lastly, there was a weak correlation between knowledge score and attitude score (p=0.001 , r=0.358) towards antibiotic usage. Conclusion: There are differences in knowledge and attitude level regarding antibiotic based on socio-demographic factors among medical students of UPM. There is association between knowledge score and attitude score regarding antibiotic among medical students of UPM. Keywords: Antibiotic Usage, Knowledge, Attitude, Antibiotic resistance, Medical Students

Item Type:	Project Paper
Faculty:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Science
Depositing User:	Ms. Adni Syuhaida Zon
Date Deposited:	22 Nov 2022 08:18
Last Modified:	22 Aug 2023 01:20
URI:	http://psaspb.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/272

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