Public understanding and use of antibiotics in England: findings from a household survey in 2017.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To describe public understanding and use of antibiotics.

Design

Ipsos MORI Capibus survey of randomly-selected households.

Setting

England, January-April 2017.

Participants

2283 adults (≥15 years) including 777 parents of children <5 years old.

Data collection and analysis

The main survey was undertaken in January 2017 (n=1691); data from an additional sample of parents were collected in April 2017 (n=592). Analyses were weighted to obtain estimates representative of the population.

Main outcome measures

Responses to questions about antibiotics (awareness and perceptions), recent illness (expectations and experience), delayed and leftover antibiotics, and child illness stratified by demographic and socioeconomic characteristics.

Resu

SUBMITTER: McNulty CAM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6830627 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature