Antibiotic use and knowledge in the community of Yemen, Saudi Arabia, and Uzbekistan
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
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Result on the web
<a href="http://www.jidc.org/index.php/journal/article/view/3866" target="_blank" >http://www.jidc.org/index.php/journal/article/view/3866</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3855/jidc.3866" target="_blank" >10.3855/jidc.3866</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Antibiotic use and knowledge in the community of Yemen, Saudi Arabia, and Uzbekistan
Original language description
Methodology: A nationwide cross-sectional study of teachers in large cities of Yemen, Saudi Arabia, and Uzbekistan was conducted. A random sample of 1,200 teachers was selected in each country. Data were collected through a questionnaire-based survey andthen analyzed using descriptive and multivariate statistical methods. Results: The prevalence of non-prescription antibiotic use ranged from 48% in Saudi Arabia to 78% in Yemen and Uzbekistan. Pharmacies were the main source of non-prescribed antibiotics. The most common reasons for antibiotic use were cough (40%) and influenza (34%). Forty-nine percent of respondents discontinued antibiotics when they felt better. Although awareness of the dangers of antibiotic use correlated inversely with self-medication, understanding of the appropriate use of antibiotics was limited. Conclusions: The prevalence of antibiotic self-medication in the educated adult population in the studied countries was found to be alarmingly high. Effective strateg
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>x</sub> - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)
CEP classification
FR - Pharmacology and apothecary chemistry
OECD FORD branch
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Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach<br>I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2014
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Journal of Infection in Developing Countries
ISSN
1972-2680
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
8
Issue of the periodical within the volume
4
Country of publishing house
IT - ITALY
Number of pages
6
Pages from-to
424-429
UT code for WoS article
000339927900005
EID of the result in the Scopus database
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