Analysing incompliant attitudes towards antibiotic prescription completion in the UK.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To analyse demographic, social and geographic predictors of incompliant attitudes towards prescription completion in the UK.

Methods

Two waves of the Eurobarometer survey (85.1 and 90.1) were analysed, with a final sample size of 2016. Using logistic regression, the best-fitting combination of a set of identified variables was specified. The regression output and the model-averaged importance of each variable were analysed.

Results

Compared with a median prevalence region, respondents in the Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS) 1 London (OR = 2.358, 95% CI = 1.100-5.398) and Scotland (OR = 2.418, 95% CI = 1.083-5.693) regions were most likely to report an incompliant attitude. Respondents who correctly answered questions about whether unn

SUBMITTER: Anderson A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7021095 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature