Decisions to use antibiotics for upper respiratory tract infections across China: a large-scale cross-sectional survey among university students.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To investigate the decision-making process of Chinese university students with respect to antibiotic use for upper respiratory tract infections (URTIs).

Design

A cross-sectional questionnaire study.

Setting

The participants recruited from six universities across all Chinese regions from September to November 2015.

Participants

A total of 2834 university students sampled across six Chinese regions who self-reported experiencing symptoms of URTI within the past month completed the survey.

Outcome measures

The prevalence of decisions for treatment and antibiotic use for URTIs as well as knowledge about antibiotic use were measured by a self-administrated questionnaire. Using regular and multinomial logistic regression a nd adapted health belief m

SUBMITTER: Lin L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7449317 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature