Why patients want to take or refuse to take antibiotics: an inventory of motives.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Inappropriate use of antibiotics is a worldwide issue. In order to help public health institutions and each particular physician to change patterns of consumption among patients, it is important to understand better the reasons why people accept to take or refuse to take the antibiotic drugs. This study explored the motives people give for taking or refusing to take antibiotics.

Methods

Four hundred eighteen adults filled out a 60-item questionnaire that consisted of assertions referring to reasons for which the person had taken antibiotics in the past and a 70-item questionnaire that listed reasons for which the person had sometimes refused to take antibiotics.

Results

A six-factor structure of motives to take antibiotics was found: Appropriate Prescriptio

SUBMITTER: Bagnulo A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6487028 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature