Volume : IX, Issue : XII, December - 2019

Knowledge, practice and attitude of antibiotic usage : A questionnaire based study among medical students

S. Caroline Sylvia

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The overuse and misuse of antibiotics leads to antibiotic resistance . This has become a serious global issue because people who have multi drug resistant infections have the worst clinical outcome. The undergraduate medical students as future medical practitioners should be aware of the rapidly intensifying problem of antibiotic resistance and should be guided towards appropriate prescribing of antibiotics. Aim and objective of this study is to analyze the knowledge , attitude and practice of antibiotic usage among medical students. The study pattern was cross sectional , questionnaire based study . The data collected was entered in Excel sheet and analyzed using SPCC software from which frequency and percentages were obtained . Out of 450 students , 300 (66.66%) students from each semester participated in the survey . Out of those , 204(68%) medical students agreed that frequent use of antibiotics will decrease the efficacy of treatment on using the antibiotic again, 83 (27.66%)students agreed that skipping one or two doses of antibiotics will not contribute to development of antibiotic resistance, 232 (77.3%)medical students completed the course of antibiotic prescribed to them even when they felt better. The survey done provides useful information about the knowledge, attitude and practice of antibiotic usage among medical students hence proves that the present medical curriculum and clinical rotations provide sufficient information for medical students on appropriate usage of antibiotics.

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KNOWLEDGE, PRACTICE AND ATTITUDE OF ANTIBIOTIC USAGE : A QUESTIONNAIRE BASED STUDY AMONG MEDICAL STUDENTS, S.Caroline Sylvia INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH : Volume-9 | Issue-12 | December-2019

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