Antibiotic Self-Medication among Non-Medical University Students in Punjab, Pakistan: A Cross-Sectional Survey.
Antibiotic Self-Medication among Non-Medical University Students in Punjab, Pakistan: A Cross-Sectional Survey.
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DOI：
10.3390/ijerph14101152
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发表时间：
2017-09-29
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通讯作者：
Fang Y
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作者：
Gillani AH;Ji W;Hussain W;Imran A;Chang J;Yang C;Fang Y
背景：抗生素耐药性是一个全球性威胁。缺乏关于安全和适当使用抗生素的知识，加上经常自我给药，例如在中国。这种反复的自我药物治疗在抗生素耐药性方面有潜在的风险。与发达国家相比，低资源国家面临着更高的抗生素自我用药负担。因此，本研究的重点是评估巴基斯坦南旁遮普省3所大学抗生素自我用药的普及程度。方法：我们在巴基斯坦旁遮普南部的三所政府部门大学进行了描述性横断面调查。这项研究是通过自我管理的纸质问卷进行的。数据分析采用SPSS 18.0 （IBM, Chicago， IL， USA）。结果：750名学生中有727名（应答率97%）同意参加研究，平均年龄±SD为23.0±3.4岁。女性的比例（52%）略高于男性（48%），近三分之一的受访者（36%）是大学二年级学生。其中，58.3%的人在前6个月内进行过自我药疗，326人（45%）确认使用过抗生素。甲硝唑是最常用的自用药抗生素（48%）。在总数中，72%的人表示对抗生素的副作用有所了解。腹泻是众所周知的不良反应（38%）。43%的人肯定有抗生素耐药性知识，30%的人知道不规律使用抗生素会导致抗生素耐药性增加。结论：尽管大学生对抗生素不良反应有充分的认识，但自我药物治疗的比例较高，抗生素耐药性是一个相当未知的术语。
Background: Antibiotic resistance is a global threat. Scarce knowledge about safe and appropriate antibiotic use is coupled with frequent self-administration, e.g., in China. This repeated self-medication poses potential risk in terms of antibiotic resistance. Low-resource countries are facing an elevated burden of antibiotic self-medication as compared to developed ones. Thus, this study focused on evaluating the pervasiveness of antibiotic self-medication in 3 universities of Southern Punjab, Pakistan. Methods: We conducted a descriptive cross-sectional survey in three government sector universities of Southern Punjab, Pakistan. The study was carried out with self-administered paper-based questionnaires. Data was analyzed using SPSS version 18.0 (IBM, Chicago, IL, USA). Results: Seven hundred twenty-seven students out of 750 (response rate 97%) with a mean age ± SD of 23.0 ± 3.4 years agreed to participate in the study. The proportion of females was slightly greater (52%) compared with males (48%), and almost one-third of the respondents (36%) were in their 2nd year of university. Out of the total, 58.3% practiced self-medication in the preceding six months, and 326 (45%) confirmed the use of antibiotics. Metronidazole was the most frequently self-medicated antibiotic (48%). Out of the total, 72% demonstrated awareness regarding the side effects of antibiotics. Diarrhea was the well-known adverse effect (38%). Forty-three percent affirmed having antibiotic resistance knowledge, and 30% knew that the irregular use of antibiotics would lead to increased antibiotic resistance. Conclusion: Despite having ample awareness of the adverse antibiotic reactions, self-medication among the university students was high and antibiotic resistance was a fairly unknown term.
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影响因子：
3.7
作者：
Pan H;Cui B;Zhang D;Farrar J;Law F;Ba-Thein W
通讯作者：
Ba-Thein W
影响因子：
5.2
作者：
Zhu, X.;Pan, H.;Ba-Thein, W.
通讯作者：
Ba-Thein, W.
影响因子：
2.9
作者：
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通讯作者：
Kadir MM
影响因子：
5.2
作者：
Grigoryan, Larissa;Burgerhof, Johannes G. M.;Haaijer-Ruskamp, Flora M.
通讯作者：
Haaijer-Ruskamp, Flora M.
DOI：
10.3390/ijerph9103519
发表时间：
2012-10-05
影响因子：
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作者：
Donkor ES;Tetteh-Quarcoo PB;Nartey P;Agyeman IO
通讯作者：
Agyeman IO