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BackgroundOn January 8, 2023, a change in the control policy for COVID-19 was implemented in China, whereby patient self-management of fever typically entails the utilization of over-the-counter fever-reducing medications.ObjectiveThis study aimed to investigate the knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) toward over-the-counter (OTC) antipyretics among fever patients.MethodsThis cross-sectional study was conducted between October 2022 and February 2023 at author’s hospital in Wuhan, China, among fever patients on OTC antipyretics, using a self-administered questionnaire.ResultsA total of 481 valid questionnaires were collected, with the age of 36.05 ± 12.10 years, including 240 (49.90%) males, and 209 (43.45%) collected before policy change. The knowledge, attitudes, precautions for medication administration and decision-making practices scores were 6.86 ± 3.30 (possible range: 0–12), 16.67 ± 2.46 (possible range: 7–35), 29.98 ± 5.41 (possible range: 7–35) and 27.87 ± 1.28 (possible range: 8–40), respectively. The multivariable logistic regression analysis showed that knowledge (OR = 0.83, 95%CI: 0.81–0.92, p |
