What drives inappropriate use of antibiotics? A mixed methods study from Bahawalpur, Pakistan.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

This study investigates the knowledge, attitudes and practices of the general public regarding the use of antibiotics in community pharmacy, in Pakistan.

Methods

This is a mixed method study where data were collected through a validated questionnaire and semi-structured interviews. Convenience sampling techniques were used to recruit participants from the general public of Bahawalpur, Pakistan who visited pharmacies to purchase antibiotics between 1 June 2018 and 31 July 2018. Descriptive statistics and regression analyses were used to tabulate the results of quantitative data while inductive thematic analysis was used to identify themes and draw conclusions from the qualitative data.

Results

Over 60% of the 400 survey participants (n=246; 61.5%) had a moderat

SUBMITTER: Atif M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6440533 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature