Factors associated with sufficient knowledge of antibiotics and antimicrobial resistance in the Japanese general population
| Autor: | Shinya Tsuzuki, Keisuke Horiuchi, Niina Fujitsuka, Norio Ohmagari, Rie Takahashi, Yumiko Fujitomo, Shinpei Ijichi, Yoshiaki Gu |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Male 0301 basic medicine Health Knowledge Attitudes Practice Higher education medicine.drug_class 030106 microbiology Antibiotics Population MEDLINE lcsh:Medicine Drug resistance Article Young Adult 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Antibiotic resistance Japan Surveys and Questionnaires Intervention (counseling) Environmental health Drug Resistance Bacterial medicine Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Young adult lcsh:Science education Aged Internet Public health education.field_of_study Multidisciplinary business.industry lcsh:R Middle Aged Anti-Bacterial Agents Infectious diseases Female lcsh:Q business Engineering sciences. Technology |
| Zdroj: | Scientific reports Scientific Reports, Vol 10, Iss 1, Pp 1-9 (2020) Scientific Reports |
| ISSN: | 2045-2322 |
| Popis: | We conducted two online surveys about antibiotics targeted at the Japanese general population in March 2017 and February 2018. In total, 6,982 participants completed the questionnaire. Factors associated with knowledge of antibiotics, knowledge of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and appropriate behavioural changes were evaluated by a machine learning approach using DataRobot. Factors strongly associated with three dependent variables in the model were extracted based on permuation importance. We found that the strongest determinant of knowledge of antibiotics and AMR was education level. Knowledge of antibiotics was strongly associated with the frequency of internet use. Exposure to primary information was associated with motivation for appropriate behavioural changes. Improving the availability of primary information would be a beneficial intervention. Individuals lacking higher education and without opportunities to obtain primary information should be considered a target population for effective interventions. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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