Antibiotic Usage Patterns of Community-Dwelling Adults in Thailand: A Cross-Sectional Study.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

To investigate factors predictive of antibiotic use behaviour in the community.

Design

A cross-sectional study was conducted from May to November 2023.

Method

Standardised instruments were administered to patients who had received services from nurses in sub-district health-promoting hospitals in Thailand for at least one of the three diseases: (1) upper respiratory infection, (2) acute diarrhoea or (3) fresh traumatic wounds. Antibiotic use behaviour was modelled using the generalised estimating equation with an independent error component to account for the clustering of the hospitals.

Results

Five hundred and eighty-five participants (556 patients and 29 nurses) met the inclusion criteria in this study. Of the 556 adult patients who were surveyed, the ma

SUBMITTER: Boontein P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12721948 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature