| Autor: |
Premalatha Paulsamy, Krishnaraju Venkatesan, Shadia Hamoud Alshahrani, Maha Hamed Mohamed Ali, Kousalya Prabahar, Vinoth Prabhu Veeramani, Nahid Khalil Elfaki, Rasha Elsayed Ahmed, Hala Ahmed Elsayes, Yahya Hussein Ahmed Abdalla, Osman Babiker Osmsn Mohammed, Absar Ahmed Qureshi, Friyal Alqahtani, Sirajudeen Shaik Alavudeen |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2023 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Saudi Pharmaceutical Journal, Vol 31, Iss 9, Pp 101712- (2023) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
1319-0164 |
| DOI: |
10.1016/j.jsps.2023.101712 |
| Popis: |
Aim and Objectives: The study sought to identify parental trends in children's self-medication, health-seeking behavior, knowledge of self-medication, antibiotic use, and antimicrobial resistance in Asir, Saudi Arabia. Methods: A web-based cross-sectional study was carried out by a survey questionnaire. Snow Ball sampling technique was used to select the Eight hundred and sixteen parents with children in the Asir region by WhatsApp and email, and 650 participants who met the inclusion criteria consented to participate in the study. Results: There were 1809 episodes of childhood illnesses reported during the study period. The mean scores are on knowledge at 8.11 ± 2.43, favorable attitude at 17.60 ± 1.17, and practice was 7.72 ± 1.72, and a significant correlation was found between knowledge, attitude, and practice (KAP) at p = 0.01. Out of 624, the majority of parents showed strong knowledge and proficiency in antibiotics. However, the attitude scores of over 50% towards the usage of antibiotics were subpar. Around 54% of parents were self-medicating their children and 43% were unaware that skipping doses contributes to anti-microbial resistance (AMR). The facilitators for self-medication were male gender (aOR: 2.13; 95% CI: 1.26–3.98, p |
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